IndiGo flight status live updates: IndiGo cancels 105 flights to and from Delhi airport; experts roped in to find gaps

INdiGo flight of stairs position unrecorded updates: Crisis-hit indigofera tinctoria Airlines said it operated o'er 2,000 flights on Friday as operations inch towards normalcy after over 10 days of cancellation chaos that left thousands of passengers high and dry at the airports across the country.Meanwhile, in a major move amid the ongoing IndiGo flight cancellation crisis, aviation regulator DGCA on Friday suspended four flight operations inspectors in connection with the recent flight disruptions. Flight Operations Inspectors (FOIs) are officials tasked to oversee airline safety, pilot training and operational compliance.These officers, according to the order, include; Rishi Raj Chatterjee, consultant, (deputy chief FOI), Seema Jhamnani, senior FOI, Anil Kumar Pokhariyal, consultant (FOI) and Priyam Kaushik, consultant FOI.IndiGo said on Friday that the board has approved the appointment of a specialised consulting firm to independently probe and assess the recent flight disruptions. The domestic airline said Chief Aviation Advisors LLC, led by Captain John Illson, will conduct an independent root-cause analysis of the recent operational disruptions and suggest areas for improvement.This decision follows the recommendation of the Crisis Management Group (CMG) constituted by the IndiGo Board. As part of its assessment, the CMG advised commissioning an independent expert review in the matter.IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers appeared before the regulatory body on Thursday as the airline offered its passengers who were left stranded at airports between December 3 and 5 a travel voucher of ₹10,000 amid the ongoing flight cancellation crisis. The voucher will stay valid for 12 months. This compensation was offered in addition to the flight ticket refunds and the compensation of ₹5,000 to 10,000 mandated by the government.The flight cancellations continued on Friday even as the government hardened its stance on the crisis. Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu blamed IndiGo's “gross mismanagement” and issues with the crew rostering system for the crisis that hit millions of passengers this month.IndiGo flight cancellation crisis | Key pointsThe flight operations of one of India's biggest airlines started disrupting on December 2 and peaked on December 5 with thousands of flights cancelled and airports across India flooded with stranded passengers and unclaimed baggage.Responding to the crisis, the airline's chairman Vikram Singh Mehta issued a video statement on Wednesday and dismissed the allegations including that they “engineered the crisis” and “tried to influence government rules".Between December 1 and 9, IndiGo cancelled 4,290 domestic flights, while it scrapped only 64 international flights, according to the data submitted by the airline to the government, which HT has reviewed.On Wednesday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) constituted an eight-member oversight team to monitor IndiGo’s operations amid large-scale airline disruptions.