DGCA has become strict after 2 incidents of a passenger urinating on a co-passenger in an Air India flight. After such incidents, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued an advisory to deal with such passengers. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday warned airlines that non-compliance of rules in dealing with unruly passengers will be dealt with strictly and action will be taken to implement them. , Two urination incidents: It has been said by DGCA that last year 2022 in lieu of two shocking incidents of people urinating on Air India flights. The airline failed to report this to the aviation safety regulator DGCA. The advisory said, the operational heads of airlines are advised to sensitize pilots, cabin crew and directors of flight services of their respective airlines on the subject of handling unruly passengers through appropriate means under intimation to DGCA.

Strict action against violators: The regulator said that non-compliance of applicable regulations would be dealt with strictly and Action will be taken to implement it. Significantly, last year A female passenger was allegedly urinated on by a drunken passenger in the business class of an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi on November.

Dirty act in the plane: Whereas, of this incident 06 Paris to New Delhi within a day In the coming Air India flight itself, a drunken passenger urinated on the blanket of a passenger. According to DGCA sources, the airline is bound to report any incident of misconduct to the DGCA. DGCA sources said that in both the cases necessary information was not given to the aviation security regulator.

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Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 10: 10 PM IST