Air India warned by DGCA for flying Airbus planes with unchecked escape slides

A Air India Airbus A320-200’s representation of aircraft. File | Photo Loan: Reuters

According to government documents, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation Air India, Air India, Air India, Air India, Air India’s controls on emergency equipment and the problem, although it was delayed to solve the problem after flying after flying Air India warned for violating the security rules. Warning notifications and an investigation report – both were reviewed Reuters -It wasn’t about the collision of the Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft of the week, and he killed all of them except 242 people sent days ago.

In the report, the spotlight found that the escape slides were operated despite delayed inspections on the “critical emergency equipment” on the Three Air India Airbus plane in May.

In one case, the guard dog found that the examination of an Airbus A320 jet was postponed for more than a month before it was held on May 15th. Airnav radar data show that the aircraft flew to international destinations such as Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah during the delay.

Another situation containing an Airbus A319 used on local routes showed that the controls were more than three months late, and the third shows that a study was two days late.

“The above cases show that the aircraft is operated with an emergency equipment that has expired or unjustified, which is a violation of the standard flight and safety requirements.” He said.

‘Weak Procedure Control’

Air India proved that weak procedure control and surveillance further proved to the deficiencies expressed by the DGCA.

Air India, which was taken over from the government by the Tata Group in 2022, said in a statement that it “accelerated” verification of all maintenance records, including the dates of the escape slides, and will complete the process in the coming days.

In one of the cases, Air India said an engineer of AI engineering services “when he accidentally used an escape slide during maintenance”.

DGCA and Airbus did not answer Reuters Queries.

‘Very serious problem’

Controls in the escape slides “is a very serious problem. In case of an accident, if they do not open, may lead to serious injuries”, the government’s aircraft accident investigation office is a former legal expert in the Vibhuti Singh.

In his DGCA report, he said that the flights to flight for aircraft missing mandatory controls were “suspended”.

The warning notifications and the report were sent to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson, Deputy Director of Flights for Flights to Flight, and for the ongoing flight manager, Quality Manager and Planning Head.

A aviation lawyer said that such violations typically imposed monetary and civilian penalties for both individual managers and the airline. Mr. Wilson said Reuters Last year, the shortage of global parts affected most airlines, but the problem was “more acute” because the product was “much more dated”, many aircraft have not been renewed since it was delivered in 2010-2011.

‘Systemic control error’

The air regulator, like many people abroad, usually punishes airlines for compatibility tours. In February, Junior Aviation Minister told Parliament Parliament that the authorities warned or fined in 23 cases due to security violations last year.

Approximately half – 12 – Air India and Air India Express, including a situation for “unauthorized entry”. The biggest fine was La 1.1 Crore for “insufficient oxygen on board” in Air India during a flight to San Francisco.

Last week’s reasons are still being investigated, and Air India’s attempts to rebuild its image after years of criticism of travelers for bad service. Air India President N. Chandrasekaran called on Monday to the staff to be a catalyst to create a safer airline, and employees to remain determined in the midst of any criticism.

DGCA, in his report, said the authorities were the former registration documents of several controlled Air India planes. Air India told Reuters Except for an airplane, all of them followed such requirements and “has no effect on security”.

The DGCA investigation report removed the airline because it described it as “insufficient internal surveillance”.

“Despite previous notifications and deficiencies, the internal quality and planning departments of the organization could not apply effective corrective action showing systemic control failure,” he said.