Chennai, May 3 -- Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding to launch a "transparent, independent inquiry" into the recent deaths of two pilots, Late Captain Tarundeep Singh and Late Captain Arjun Naidu, who died in the line of duty within 24 hours of each other on April 29 and 30, 2026.

In the letter, Tagore, who is an elected representative and Member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation, urged the PM to intervene for the uniform implementation of FDTL across all civil aviation operators.

"I have urged the PM to personally intervene and ensure full, uniform implementation of FDTL across all civil aviation operators, complete withdrawal of all temporary variatio...