On June 12, 2025, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 242 people, crashed into a medical hostel complex shortly after takeoff, leaving only one survivor. It claimed around 260 lives, including 241 passengers and crew on board and 19 people on the ground.

According to Lazar, the FOI pilot in question served only as an “alternate officer” and neither approved nor participated in any IndiGo-related or FDTL issues. He alleged that the action reflects a broader pattern of scapegoating rather than accountability.

The four suspended officials, all senior FOIs responsible for regulatory and safety oversight, were working with the DGCA on a contract basis.

IDFC First Bank will replace Adani Green Energy on the BSE 100, while Adani Green Energy will move to the BSE Sensex Next 50. Separately, four stocks—Canara Bank, AU Small Finance Bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB), and Union Bank of India—will be added to the BSE Bankex index from December 26 onwards.

India Today Senior Correspondent Amit Bhardwaj reports that Indigo CEO Pieter Elbers is appearing before a four-member high-level DGCA committee. The probe addresses the 'massive disruption' and 'fiasco' that impacted the airline in the first week of December.

In view of the ongoing Indigo flight cancellation crisis, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday held the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Civil Aviation equally responsible.

Aviation expert Sanjay Lazar has raised serious questions over the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) move to terminate four senior Flight Operation Inspectors (FOIs), alleging that at least some of them are being unfairly targeted amid the ongoing crisis at IndiGo.

The meeting was attended by officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Airports Authority of India, Central Industrial Security Force, airport operators, and airlines