Notice served as regulator found airline failed to provide safe air services after mid-flight incidents
Notice served as regulator found airline failed to provide safe air services after mid-flight incidents
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is “examining” SpiceJet’s reply show cause notice regulator Served on the airline for its failure to ensure safety after mid-flight incidents.
“We have received SpiceJet’s response and we are probing it. A senior DGCA official said, we will take a decision in a few days. Hindu,
The aviation safety regulator on July 6 issued notice to the airline and gave it three weeks to respond. Deadline expires at 5 p.m. Tuesday
At the time of notice, SpiceJet had observed at least eight incidents And an accident from May.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that immediately after the show cause, DGCA intercepts 10 SpiceJet planes After doing 53 spot checking of its 48 aircraft between July 9 and July 13.
The aircraft was grounded until the reported malfunction was corrected. The aircraft are now operational. Mr Singh, however, said that the DGCA did not find “no major significant discovery or security breach”.
In its notice, the DGCA said it had reviewed several incidents involving the airline since April and found instances of “outrageous safety margins” and blamed “poor internal security inspections” and “inadequate maintenance practices”.
In observation, the regulator linked the fall in safety standards to the airline’s poor financial health. It said a financial assessment conducted by it in September 2021 showed that the airline saw a shortfall in the supply of spare parts due to its failure to pay vendors on time, most of them on a “cash and carry” basis with the airline. was doing business.