DGCA probes tail strike incident involving IndiGo aircraft at Chennai airport

Aviation watchdog DGCA is probing a tail strike incident involving an IndiGo A321 plane on the Chennai airport on March 8, in keeping with a senior official.

IndiGo on Sunday stated an Airbus A321 plane tail touched the runway throughout touchdown at Chennai airport.

“The plane is grounded and shall be again in operations put up mandatory repairs and clearance,” the airline stated in an announcement.

The senior official on the Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated it’s probing the incident.

Additional particulars couldn’t be instantly ascertained.

IndiGo additionally regretted the inconvenience brought on to passengers as a consequence of subsequent cancellations following the grounding of the plane.