The IndiGo Flight Cancellations Delhi Airport Technical Glitch grounds 38 flights. The crisis stems from a mandatory Airbus A320 software fix compounded by the pilot roster crunch (FDTL). The DGCA monitors the airline’s failing operational stability.
IndiGo Flight Cancellations Delhi Airport Technical Glitch
India’s largest domestic carrier, IndiGo, is facing yet another severe operational crisis, marked by the mass cancellation of at least 38 flights from the crucial Delhi Airport (DEL) hub. This massive disruption, which left thousands of passengers stranded, is the result of a compounding effect involving an urgent technical mandate and underlying issues of capacity constraints and resource management. The incident has intensified the scrutiny of the airline’s ability to maintain high operational efficiency during peak travel periods.
The primary technical trigger for the recent cancellations can be traced back to a mandatory global directive issued by Airbus, followed by the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), requiring an immediate software fix on the A320 family of aircraft. This fix addresses a critical vulnerability in the flight control system (Elevator Aileron Computer – ELAC) that could be susceptible to data corruption from intense solar radiation, a finding that emerged after a global incident involving an uncommanded pitch-down. Although the rectification—often a simple software downgrade—takes only a few hours per plane, the sheer volume of aircraft affected (over 200 IndiGo aircraft) led to a sudden scheduling crunch and grounding of planes for checks.
