New Delhi, March 28 -- Airlines Pilots' Association of India (ALPA) on Saturday urged the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to suspend operations into identified high-risk conflict zones in West Asia and mandate disclosure and verification of valid insurance coverage.

In a letter to the DGCA, the pilot association highlighted the risk in carrying out operations with civilian airlines in conflict-torn regions, citing previous incidents of civilian airlines being shot down in the fog of war.

ALPA wrote, "Operating flights into, or in close proximity to, an active war zone constitutes a serious and unacceptable risk to the safety of passengers, flight crew, and aircraft. In our considered view, such decisions amount to wilful en...