A recent incident involving an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Srinagar has sparked concern and debate over international aviation protocols, after Pakistan's Air Traffic Control (ATC) reportedly denied the distressed aircraft permission to briefly enter its airspace to avoid a severe hailstorm.

On April 10, 2025, a senior pilot from Air India Express suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. The pilot, identified as Captain Himanil Kumar, aged 37, was undergoing training at the airline's operations department located at Terminal 3