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Air India In-fighting


Management of Air India ignored safety warnings regarding their fleet.

Now some of the crew Air India pays to fly on those unsafe planes are now considering suing Air India management.

If permission is granted to file the suit, a “Public Interest Litigation” may end up with enforcement arresting management officials for endangering the lives of passengers and crew of Air India flights where safety procedures have been consistently violated. The safety violations by Captain AS Soman and RS Pal, two to be named in the suit, include comprising flight operations with insufficient crew, assigning excessive flight duty, and denying board rest. Punishment includes fines and imprisonment.

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