In his first public statement since widespread operational disruptions hit IndiGo last week, the chairman of the airline’s board Vikram Singh Mehta rejected allegations that the crisis was engineered and that the airline tried to influence the government over the revised Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) rules. Mehta also said that claims that the airline’s board was not engaged on the FDTL issue are “not correct”. The IndiGo chairman announced that the airline’s board will involve an external technical expert to work with the management and help determine the root causes and ensure corrective action, “so that this level of disruption never occurs again”.

Apologising for the disruption that impacted tens of thousands of passengers, Mehta said that while he had been urged to make a statem

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