New Delhi, Oct 5 (ANI): With Kingfisher Airlines extending its partial lockout by a week till October 12 as talks between its management and employees failed to break the deadlock over non-payment of salaries for the last seven months, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday said the Vijay Mallya-owned private carrier has to meet all the parameters set up by DGCA to carry on its operations.
Asserting that all attempts are being made to resolve the ongoing crisis, Singh said the safety of passengers couldn't be compromised.
"There has been problem with the Kingfisher Airlines for the past so many days. There have been strikes as well quite a few times now. Their employees were up till now hopeful. But the safety issue has arisen this time because of the strike, as the maintenance problem in the planes arose because of the engineers strike," said Singh.
"Airworthiness certificate has to be given before the flights. So, the planes cannot fly as of now till the engineers are on strike," he added.
The Civil Aviation Minister also expressed grief over the death of Susmita, the wife of Manas Chakarvarti, a technician with the airline.
"It is a very sad and unfortunate event. This may be one of the factors because she has written that she was worried whether the job will be there or not," he said.
In an apparent fallout of the worsening crisis in Kingfisher Airlines, the wife of one of its Delhi- based employees allegedly committing suicide, blaming financial stress due to non-payment of salary to her husband for five months.
Susmita Chakarvarti, the wife of Manas Chakarvarti who is a ground staff in Kingfisher Airlines, was found hanging from the ceiling in her DDA flat in south-west Delhi's Manglapuri at around 1:30 PM.
Sushmita, 45, was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead.
A suicide note purportedly written by her was recovered from the spot in which she spoke of being under financial stress due to non-payment of salary to her husband. (ANI)
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