‘Unacceptable’: Scindia on flyers eating on tarmac

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that within hours of getting information regarding the viral video showing passengers sitting and eating on the Mumbai airport tarmac, the show-cause notice was immediately issued to the airlines and airport, adding that penalties have been imposed.

“We have had a few days of zero visibility. In those days, it becomes difficult if not impossible for landings and take-offs…That caused a chain of events that led to this aircraft coming into the airport and then going into a parking stand for reasons that I can’t even imagine. I have repeatedly said that the safety and security of our citizens are primary for us under civil aviation and therefore within hours of getting to know of that incident happening, beyond the stroke of midnight, a meeting was held with all officials within the Ministry, and the show-cause notice was immediately issued,” Union Aviation Minister Scidia said on Thursday.