DGCA surveillance at major airports reveals several lapses related to aviation safety
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Tuesday said that it found several lapses, including instances of the reappearance of previously reported defects on aircraft and non-adherence to proper work order, during surveillance conducted at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai.
The civil aviation regulator had on June 19 ordered an assessment of the aviation sector to strengthen safety measures. This came after the plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, which killed 275 persons.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said that two of its teams “carried out comprehensive surveillance during night and early morning hours at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai”.
It said that several critical areas such as flight operations, airworthiness, ramp safety, air traffic control, communication, navigation and surveillance systems, and pre-flight medical evaluations were examined.
The civil aviation regulator said that it found several cases where “reported defects re-appeared many times on the aircraft, indicating the ineffective monitoring and inadequate rectification action on the defects/repeated defects”.
The equipment used on the ground such as baggage trollies and Bulk Freight Loaders were found to be unserviceable, the statement said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation flagged instances of thrust reverser systems being found unserviceable, and flap slat levers not being locked.
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