DGCA, Air India pass the buck on Hajj flight mess, Chief Minister asks Chief Secretary to take up the matter

While the failure of authorities to facilitate landing of flights carrying Hajj pilgrims at the Srinagar airport on Thursday put the state government in an embarrassing situation, the directorate general of civil aviation and Air India are passing buck over the issue. The Air India has blamed the DGCA for denying them the landing permission while the DGCA has in turn blamed the airline for being late. On Thursday, the Srinagar airport authorities returned an Air India A1-5102 flight carrying Haj pilgrims to Kashmir from Jeddah while another Hajj flight…

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