{"id":326281,"date":"2020-09-11T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326281"},"modified":"2020-09-11T14:54:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:54:38","slug":"dgca-questions-indigo-on-safety-violation-by-media-on-flight-with-kangana-onboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/dgca-questions-indigo-on-safety-violation-by-media-on-flight-with-kangana-onboard\/","title":{"rendered":"DGCA questions Indigo on safety violation by media on flight with Kangana onboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-326282 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/indigo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/indigo.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/indigo-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/indigo-696x317.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>The\u00a0Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) sought a report from IndiGo airlines on the alleged\u00a0violation of safety and social distancing protocol by media personnel inside a Chandigarh-Mumbai flight 6E-264 on September 9 in which actor Kangana Ranaut was travelling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The aviation regulator sought the report after coming across videos that showed media personnel breaking social distancing norms in a flight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We have seen some videos wherein media persons are standing too close to each other in the 6E264 flight on Wednesday. It seems to be a violation of safety and social distancing protocols. We have asked IndiGo to submit a report on this incident,&#8221; a DGCA official said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The incident took place on September 9 when Ranaut was returning to Mumbai amid a war of words between the actress and the Shiv Sena.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, IndiGo in a statement said they have already submitted their reply to the DGCA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;We have given our statement to the DGCA regarding the matter pertaining to flight 6E 264. We would like to reiterate that our cabin crew, as well as the captain, followed all the requisite protocols, including announcements to restrict photography, follow social distancing and maintain overall safety,&#8221; the airlines said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;We are committed to providing a safe, hassle-free experience to our passengers,&#8221; it said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) sought a report from IndiGo airlines on the alleged\u00a0violation of safety and social distancing protocol by media personnel inside a Chandigarh-Mumbai flight 6E-264 on September 9 in which actor Kangana Ranaut was travelling. The aviation regulator sought the report after coming across videos that showed media personnel breaking social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":326282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,1],"tags":[2951,11742],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326287,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326281\/revisions\/326287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/326282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}