IndiGo
VT-IFU slipped 6 hours earlier on a Mumbai crew FDTL timeout — masked behind a "Delhi weather" SMS.
India · Domestic Trunk · DGCA CAR Section 3, Series M Part IV · Tail-Number Chaining + Crew FDTL Audit
64.8%
of IndiGo “bad weather” excuses rebutted on telemetry
420 audited flights · 71.4% originally blamed weather/ATC · Flagship trace: 6E-214 · DEL → BLR
In high-frequency domestic A320neo rotations, single-airframe crew timeout cascades account for the majority of multi-hour delays labeled "bad weather" or "ATC restriction". AirTruth traces the exact aircraft tail across 4 prior sectors before departure.
Radar findings & monthly rebuttal share
Rebutted weather exemptions across audited sectors
Verified against METAR VMC & parallel runway departures
64.8% of "Bad Weather" exemptions on audited evening trunk routes occurred while ≥8 flights departed the same runway within 45 minutes.
Tail-Number Chaining exposed prior Mumbai/Bengaluru crew timeout delays up to 6 hours before destination weather even started.
Automated DGCA AirSewa packets raised carrier settlement speed and eliminated generic template rejections.