India, Jan. 15 -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a warning letter to Akasa Air chief executive officer (CEO) (Accountable Manager) Vinay Dube to ensure strict compliance with rules to prevent violations.

A comment from Akasa Air on the warnings is awaited.

The letter is in connection to an incident that took place in a regulatory audit conducted by the DGCA on October 10 last year in Mumbai, which found that during flight QP 1851 from Bagdogra to Bengaluru on March 1 last year had a hard landing (abnormal runway contact).

The warning letter issued on Monday, January 13, a copy of which was seen by HT, stated that the airline closed the investigation of the incident with only a counseling session, without pr...