Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight takes off the runway without ATC clearance, DGCA orders probe

In a one-off aviation incident, a SpiceJet passenger flight took off from Gujarat's Rajkot without the mandatory clearance from the Air Traffic Controller (ATC), following which aviation regulator DGCA has ordered a probe into the incident. The pilots of Rajkot-Delhi flight have been off-rostered pending an inquiry by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), a SpiceJet spokesperson said.