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  DGCA announces strict safety measures for non-scheduled operators after surge in aircraft accidents

  India | February 24, 2026 23:51 IST

  The DGCA said it will conduct increased random Cockpit Voice Recorder audits; tech logs of non-scheduled operators' aircraft to detect unauthorised operations. The regulator also planned safety ranking mechanism for all non-scheduled operators; details to be published on regulator's website.

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  Air India 'pee-gate' incident: DGCA upholds decision to suspend pilot, rejects appeal

  India | March 01, 2023 16:09 IST

  Air India 'pee-gate' incident: DGCA has rejected the appeal challenging the suspension of the pilot of the AIR India flight where an inebriated man urinated on a female co-passenger.

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  DGCA temporarily suspends SpiceJet's licence to carry dangerous goods

  India | October 15, 2021 22:13 IST

  The airline said there was a "minor issue" with a package being declared as a "non-dangerous goods" by a shipper, who has been blacklisted.

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  DGCA suspends flying licences of 11 pilots of GMR Aviation that flies Sonia, Rahul

  India | April 16, 2014 10:34 IST

  New Delhi: The Director General of Civil Aviation has issued show cause notice to GMR Aviation, a company that regularly flies Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, to reply to charges of