India, Dec. 11 -- IndiGo chairman Vikram Singh Mehta said in a video statement on Wednesday dismissed the allegations surfacing amid the airline's operational crisis, including that they "engineered the crisis" and "tried to influence government rules". This comes after IndiGo cancelled thousands of flights since Tuesday last week after its failure to adequately implement the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) rules.

The Centre has now directed IndiGo to cut its operations by 10 per cent. Notably, IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has also been summoned by the civil aviation ministry on Thursday to provide an update on the crisis.

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In the video statement, the company's chairman s...