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A total of nine show cause notices were issued to Air India in connection with five identified safety violations in the last six months and enforcement action has been completed with respect to one violation, the civil aviation ministry informed the Rajya Sabha
Last month, Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft enroute to London Gatwick from Ahmedabad crashed soon after take off, killing 260 people. Following the fatal accident, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered additional checks of the airline’s Boeing 787-8/9 aircraft. As many as 81 people were injured in the accident.
“Out of total 33 aircraft, 31 operational aircraft have been inspected wherein minor findings were observed in 8 aircraft. These aircraft have been released for operation post rectification. The remaining 2 aircraft are under scheduled maintenance,” Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said in a written reply as reported by PTI.
He was responding to a question from Bharatiya Janata Party member Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan.
Meanwhile, in a separate written reply, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said that during the last six months, no adverse trend was reported in reliability reports of Air India in respect of crashed aircraft.
However, he said that during the last six months, a total of nine show cause notices have been issued to Air India in connection with five identified safety violations.
