India's Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu sharply criticised IndiGo’s handling of last week’s massive operational disruption, saying the explanations offered by the airline “don’t seem to be right” and that the government will not rely solely on what the carrier has told them.

Calling the situation “shocking”, the minister said at Agenda Aaj Tak, “Whatever reasons they give, they usually don’t seem to be right because IndiGo being such an experienced airline, they should have taken good care of this beforehand. We are not only relying on what they are saying, we are doing our own thorough inquiry within the DGCA.” Advertisement

Responding to suggestions that the regulator should have monitored IndiGo’s internal functioning more closely, Naidu said: “You want us to daily monitor in

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