Directorate General of Civil Aviation chief Arun Kumar has stated that the Indian Aviation sector is safe and there is no need to panic amidst the rising technical snag incidents in planes.
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Indian aviation regulator will add 100-150 workers over the next 6-8 months for greater aviation safety monitoring via night checks.
A Spicejet airline, which was scheduled to fly from Mumbai on Thursday to Kandla in the western state of Gujarat could not take off due to a caution alert.
An IndiGo flight was revoked on Thursday reportedly hours after the plane skidded off the runway during the takeoff. The plane had over 90 passengers aboard. This is the latest incident linked to a domestic flight that has sparked concerns.
These technical snags are informed by the flight crew on receiving an aural or visual warning in the cockpit or an indication of an inoperative/faulty system or while experiencing the problem in working the aircraft,” stated Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday, 27 July, declared that they had curtailed the SpiceJet flight operations to 50% for the next eight weeks after the airlines reported multiple snags in a short period.
Officials claimed that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has begun a two-month long special audit of airlines.
In the past two and a half years, a total of 60 pilots and 150 members of the cabin crew tested positive after undergoing a breathalyser (BA) test.
From January through June, the number of passengers carried by domestic airlines increased by 66.73 percent annually, from 343.37 lakh to 572.49 lakh.
Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India has Grounded Go’s first Aircraft over Engine Snag.