New Delhi: India has decided to keep a close watch on Boeing 737 Max Those who fly into the country on 9 December after an engine failure of one of these aircraft. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given SpiceJet – The only Indian airline to operate MAX – a comprehensive list of preventive measures including monitoring aircraft and engine performance data.
“Till now seven Boeing 737 MAX (of SpiceJet) were flying in India, their return to service (last month). One has been stopped after an engine failure. The other six will fly under increased regulatory oversight. SpiceJet has been given a list of parameters to inspect very closely and report any deviation from the accepted levels such as oil temperature, pressure and engine vibration,” DGCA chief Arun Kumar said.
This Thursday a Max took off from Mumbai to Kolkata as SG-467. one of CFM The LEAP-1B engines developed a snag and the pilots closed it from flight. The plane returned safely to Mumbai on one engine.
SpiceJet, which had 13 Maxes in India when it was discontinued globally in March 2019, has seen seven of them back in service so far (RTS) after making necessary amendments. People say preliminary investigations into Thursday’s engine failure indicated a broken metal chip. Boeing and CFM are working together to investigate the part that caused the chip to break. The chip sample has been sent to the Bengaluru lab of Global Technical Center India.
Taking no chances, the DGCA is closely monitoring the RTS program of the remaining six Max to ensure that the work was not done in haste. The regulator has asked SpiceJet to comply with specific “maintenance tasks” for 15 days. These include recording the amount of hydraulic and engine oil before and after each flight; Visual inspection for signs of leakage of engine oil and hydraulic oil before and after each flight; Recording of any variation of oil temperature and pressure signals after each flight; Engine vibration monitoring during each flight zone. Any excess (deviation in recoding exceeding the levels) should be immediately reported to DGCA.
Engine-maker CFM, in a statement to TOI on Friday, had said it was “aware of a technical issue that resulted in SpiceJet flight SG467, a Boeing 737 MAX airplane powered by LEAP-1B engines in Mumbai shortly after takeoff in December.” 9. The company is coordinating with SpiceJet, Boeing and India’s DGCA to collect data to determine the root cause of the incident. As of now, CFM is the only engine option for the B737 Max.
“There are currently over 1,460 LEAP-1B engines in service with approximately 60 operators worldwide. As of November 2021, the fleet had logged approximately 3 million engine flight hours and over 11 lakh engine flight cycles. The first LEAP-1B-powered Boeing 737 MAX entered service in May 2017,” the statement from CFM was added.
“Till now seven Boeing 737 MAX (of SpiceJet) were flying in India, their return to service (last month). One has been stopped after an engine failure. The other six will fly under increased regulatory oversight. SpiceJet has been given a list of parameters to inspect very closely and report any deviation from the accepted levels such as oil temperature, pressure and engine vibration,” DGCA chief Arun Kumar said.
This Thursday a Max took off from Mumbai to Kolkata as SG-467. one of CFM The LEAP-1B engines developed a snag and the pilots closed it from flight. The plane returned safely to Mumbai on one engine.
SpiceJet, which had 13 Maxes in India when it was discontinued globally in March 2019, has seen seven of them back in service so far (RTS) after making necessary amendments. People say preliminary investigations into Thursday’s engine failure indicated a broken metal chip. Boeing and CFM are working together to investigate the part that caused the chip to break. The chip sample has been sent to the Bengaluru lab of Global Technical Center India.
Taking no chances, the DGCA is closely monitoring the RTS program of the remaining six Max to ensure that the work was not done in haste. The regulator has asked SpiceJet to comply with specific “maintenance tasks” for 15 days. These include recording the amount of hydraulic and engine oil before and after each flight; Visual inspection for signs of leakage of engine oil and hydraulic oil before and after each flight; Recording of any variation of oil temperature and pressure signals after each flight; Engine vibration monitoring during each flight zone. Any excess (deviation in recoding exceeding the levels) should be immediately reported to DGCA.
Engine-maker CFM, in a statement to TOI on Friday, had said it was “aware of a technical issue that resulted in SpiceJet flight SG467, a Boeing 737 MAX airplane powered by LEAP-1B engines in Mumbai shortly after takeoff in December.” 9. The company is coordinating with SpiceJet, Boeing and India’s DGCA to collect data to determine the root cause of the incident. As of now, CFM is the only engine option for the B737 Max.
“There are currently over 1,460 LEAP-1B engines in service with approximately 60 operators worldwide. As of November 2021, the fleet had logged approximately 3 million engine flight hours and over 11 lakh engine flight cycles. The first LEAP-1B-powered Boeing 737 MAX entered service in May 2017,” the statement from CFM was added.
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