There were clarifications from IndiGo and the Army on the two incidents. The airline said the air traffic controller “misunderstood” that the plane carrying Banerjee was low on fuel after the pilot radioed that the aircraft had eight minutes of extra holding fuel over Kolkata.
But the Trinamool Congress remained unconvinced. The party raised the matter in Parliament and shot off a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju. Regulator DGCA stepped in, ordering an inquiry into the incident of three flights, including the IndiGo flight carrying Banerjee, reporting low fuel at the same time.
The government too rejected the Trinamool Congress allegations, saying around the time the IndiGo flight reported being low on fuel, two other flights — of Air India and SpiceJet — had also called in with the same problem.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
