Indigo bars specially abled kid from flight

Indigo airlines barred a specially abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in “a state of panic”, following which the country’s aviation regulator has started a probe and asked the airline to submit a report, officials said on Sunday. As the boy was prohibited from boarding the Ranchihyderabad flight on Saturday, his parents also decided to not take the flight, they said. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is probing this incident and it will take appropriate action, its chief Arun Kumar said. When asked about the incident, Indigo clarified that the airline’s ground staff waited for the child to calm down but to no avail. The airline made the family comfortable by providing them a hotel stay and they flew the next morning to their destination, it said. “We regret the inconvenience caused...,”indigo said.