IndiGo asked to pay ₹1.2 crore fine over passengers having food at Mumbai airport tarmac

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₹1.2 crore on IndiGo over the incident wherein passengers were spotted having food on tarmac at Mumbai airport, according to PTI on Wednesday. A penalty of ₹60 lakh was also imposed on Mumbai airport operator MIAL, as per the orders issued by the BCAS.

Earlier on Tuesday, the civil aviation ministry had issued a showcause notice to IndiGo airline and Mumbai international airport over the viral video that showed passengers eating on the airport's tarmac. A social media user posted a video of IndiGo Goa-Delhi passengers "having dinner just next to Indigo plane".

The video went viral in no time. In the viral video, people could be seen sitting on the airport tarmac, eating and sharing food, while some could be seen using their mobile phones and resting on the airport area, right next to the IndiGo plane.

In a statement issued thereafter, Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport said, "Indigo 6E 2195 (Goa to Delhi) was diverted due to unfavourable weather conditions." "As the flight was already significantly delayed in Goa, passengers were irate and rushed out of the aircraft as soon as the step ladder was connected," the airport said in the statement posted by ANI. It added, "The airport operators in coordination with CISF QRT cordoned off the passengers into a safety zone as passengers refused to get into the airline coach and proceed to the Terminal Building.

Passengers were kept under the strict watch of the airline authorities and security until further actions were taken." Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia convened a midnight meeting with ministry officials on the matter, an official statement said. Subsequently, the Bureau of Civil Aviation and Security issued the notice to