On this broadcast, India Today Special Correspondent Amit Bhardwaj details the DGCA’s show-cause notice issued to four Air India pilotsâNishant Tholia, Rishi Kumar Badole, Arun Mehra, and Priyank Bainsla. The regulator flagged ‘serious safety concerns’ regarding flights AI-358 and AI-357, citing a ‘smell of smoke’ near the R2 door and non-compliance with the Minimum Equipment List (MEL). The notice highlights that ‘repetitive snags related to the same systems had been recorded on five previous sectors indicating a known history of system degradation.’ The pilots have been given 14 days to respond.
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