The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday removed four of its flight operations inspectors following the disruption of IndiGo’s operations last week, The Indian Express reported.

The officials relieved of their duties with immediate effect are Deputy Chief Flight Operations Inspector Rishi Raj Chatterjee, Senior Flight Operations Inspector Seema Jhamnani, and flight operations inspectors Anil Kumar Pokhriyal and Priyam Kaushik, ANI quoted the order as saying.

The aviation regulator directed them to return to their parent organisations. The officials had been working for the regulator on contractual basis.

The inspectors were responsible for monitoring safety, pilot training and regulatory compliance, The Indian Express reported. Questions have been raised about the

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