Who is Choorah Singh? the senior Air India officer blamed for Ahmedabad Air India plane crash, he is accused of..., DGCA says...
Who is Choorah Singh? In a significant development during the investigation of the Air India crash that killed 280 people, the DGCA has issued an order and said that Air India repeatedly committed serious violations in its crew scheduling. Notably, an Air India flight, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, going from Ahmedabad to Gatwick, London, crashed minutes after takeoff on June 12, 2025.
In its order issued to Air India asking to remove three senior officials responsible for 'serious and repeated lapses' in crew scheduling, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has categorically mentioned 'systemic failures in crew scheduling, compliance monitoring, and internal accountability' at the airline, as per a report by IANS news agency. Air India officers held responsible
As per the agency report, DGCA has identified following personnel as directly responsible for the continued non-compliance: Choorah Singh, Divisional Vice President; Pinky Mittal, Chief Manager-DOPS, Crew Scheduling and Payal Arora, Crew Scheduling – Planning.
The above mentioned Air India officials have been involved in serious and repeated lapses including but not limited to unauthorised and non-compliant crew pairings; violation of mandatory licensing and recency norms; and systemic failures in scheduling protocol and oversight, the report said. Who is Choorah Singh?
Choorah Singh works as the Divisional Vice President (Integrated Operations Control Center) of Air India. Working in this position from January 2024, Choorah Singh operates from Gurugram, India. With respect to aviation, Choorah Singh has more than two decades of working in the aviation sector. Accusations against Choorah Singh!
According to the DGCA order, Choorah Singh and his Air India colleagues have been accused of unauthorised and non-compliant crew pairings; violation of mandatory licensing and recency norms; and systemic failures in scheduling protocol and oversight. DGCA Order on Air India faults
'Repeated and serious violations voluntarily were disclosed by Air India concerning flight crew being scheduled and operated despite lapses in licensing, rest, and recency requirements. These violations were discovered during the post-transition review from ARMS to the CAE Flight and Crew Management System,' the DGCA order read.
(With inputs from agencies)
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