A four-member committee from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will meet IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers on Friday to question him about last week’s large-scale flight cancellations.

In the meantime, the DGCA has suspended four flight operations inspectors who were responsible for monitoring the airline’s safety and operational compliance.

Senior aviator Captain Gopinath said the crisis at IndiGo may have worsened due to arrogance and overconfidence among the airline’s management, which led to a failure to properly assess the situation.

Gopinath, a pioneer of India’s low-cost airline model, told news agency PTI that IndiGo had lost touch with reality.

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Important points of Gopinath's statement

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