Images and movies of the mid-air wedding had been circulated on social media on Monday. The photos and movies purportedly present individuals standing extraordinarily shut to one another because the couple tied the knot.
A mid-air wedding in the presence of visitors and family members came about inside a SpiceJet chartered flight on May 23 morning whereby COVID-19 social distancing norms had been violated, sources mentioned on Monday. The chartered flight left the Madurai airport and remained airborne for about two hours on Sunday morning earlier than returning there, they added.
A senior official of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) mentioned that the flight crew has been off-rostered for not imposing the social distancing norms onboard.
SpiceJet has been directed to lodge a grievance with related authorities towards these individuals who didn’t observe the COVID-19 norms contained in the flight, the official mentioned.
He additionally mentioned that the DGCA “will take strict action” after it completes its probe into this matter.
Images and movies of the mid-air wedding had been circulated on social media on Monday. The photos and movies purportedly present individuals standing extraordinarily shut to one another because the couple tied the knot.
When requested on the matter, a SpiceJet spokesperson mentioned, “A SpiceJet Boeing 737 was chartered by a travel agent in Madurai on May 23, 2021 for a group of passengers for a joy ride post their wedding. The client was clearly briefed on Covid guidelines to be followed and denied permission for any activity to be performed on board. The approval for this flight was taken as a joy ride for the wedding group.”
He mentioned the agent and the visitor passengers had been briefed in element, each in writing in addition to verbally, on social distancing and security norms to be adopted in line with the Covid pointers each on the airport and onboard the plane all through the journey.
“The group was repeatedly briefed on the safety norms to be followed by the operating cabin crew and advised to follow the protocols laid down by the DGCA, including restrictions on photography and videography. Despite repeated requests and reminders the passengers did not follow the guidelines and the airline is taking appropriate action as per rules,” the spokesperson mentioned.
India has been badly hit by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic throughout the previous couple of weeks.
Fresh COVID-19 infections in India dipped to 2,22,315, the bottom in round 38 days, pushing the full tally of COVID-19 instances to 2,67,52,447, whereas the loss of life toll crossed the 3-lakh mark, in line with the Union Health Ministry knowledge up to date on Monday.
The loss of life toll climbed to three,03,720 with 4,454 day by day deaths, the information up to date at 8 am confirmed.Â
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