As India continues to expand its aviation footprint, it should align institutional structures with global best practices to ensure safety remains guiding principle in the skies above.
The Comprehensive Special Audit initiative will assess compliance, operational performance, and system resilience across all facets of the aviation industry.
Campbell Wilson adds Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was due for next check in Dec 2025, right engine was overhauled in March and left engine was inspected in April.
The victim along with his mother sustained 28 percent burn injuries after London-bound Air India flight crashed into a hostel building in Ahmedabad shorty after taking off.
Ravi Thakor’s daughter & mother were inside BJ Medical College hostel when the Air India flight crashed. Thakor’s family had been working in the hostel mess for 15 years.
According to an report in The Economic Times, the box suffered heavy external damage from post-crash fire making it impossible to recover its content in India.
Ministry of Civil Aviation had in a statement Monday said ‘recent surveillance conducted on Air India’s Boeing 787 fleet did not reveal any major safety concerns’.
The regulator met Air India officials, raising concerns over recent maintenance issues and advised strict regulation adherence, better coordination & adequate spares to avoid delays.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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