Report on review of safety in India’s civil aviation sector tabled in Parliament also recommends specialised recruitment mechanism for DGCA & time-bound resolution of safety gaps.
In an interview, air traffic controller reveals how it’s minute-to-minute work that demands total focus for hours at a stretch. ‘It’s about responsibility without visibility’.
The crash report due next week may not be conclusive, but the spate of diversions, emergency landings, and narrow escapes over the past month has brought the need to improve aviation safety front and centre.
In 2024, the DGCA proposed new Flight Duty Time Limitation norms to align with global practices. However, under pressure from airlines, implementation was postponed indefinitely.
Italian Air Force intercepted Boeing plane carrying 199 passengers plus crew as part of 24x7 national airspace surveillance, integrated with NATO air defence system. The jets were armed.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation also plans to adopt a new regime called Fatigue Risk Management System. Changes, announced Monday, need to be implemented by operators by 1 June.
United Airlines' Denver-Hawaii flight, powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, had suffered a mid-air engine failure, resulting in 5 airlines around the world grounding Boeing 777 fleet.
An aviation law passed by the country in 2009 has gradually been getting results — accident rates were below the global average in 2018 & 2019, lower even than in the US and the EU.
Sangeeta Suneja, whose son flew Lion Air plane that plunged into sea in 2018, criticised Boeing for returning Max 737 to the skies before a 3rd sensor to measure air speed is added.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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