Aviation Minister holds high-level meeting with airline chiefs to ramp up safety
The meeting comes after several instances were reported in the country where flights were diverted citing safety or functioning issues
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New Delhi, July 18: With an aim to review security surveillance of flights, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia chaired a one-on-one meeting with heads of airline companies. The meeting was held to take note of safety norms.
A petition has been filed in Delhi HC, demanding that all SpiceJet flights be grounded amid back-to-back malfunctions. The plea also mentioned that the flights should be stopped to avert a major incident, where there can be big loss to life and property.
An Air India Express VT-AXX operating flight IX-355 en route to Dubai from Calicut was diverted to Muscat on Sunday, after a 'burning smell' started emitting from one of the vents in the airplane, informed DGCA.
The crew checked for any smoke / fire when the burning smell was. However, no such thing was found. Despite so, the flight was diverted to Muscat as a precautionary measure.
DGCA had earlier issued a show-cause notice to SpiceJet after its aircraft were hit by eight incidents of mid-air technical malfunction over the last 18 days, saying the budget carrier has "failed" to establish safe, efficient and reliable air services.
A DGCA review of incidents showed that "poor" internal safety oversight and "inadequate" maintenance actions have resulted in "degradation" of the safety margins of SpiceJet, hence the airline's chief Ajay Singh asserted it will be "doubly careful" and strengthen inspection of aircraft before the operation of their flights.
The meeting comes after several instances were reported in the country where flights were diverted citing safety or functioning issues. A MoCA official said that Scindia made it clear that there should be no compromises when it comes to the safety of people.
"Civil Aviation Minister Scindia directed the officials in the meeting to not compromise with the passengers' safety, adding that safety is the paramount priority," said a MoCA official. Scindia asked officials to strictly adhere to the prescribed safety norms.
A petition has been filed in Delhi HC, demanding that all SpiceJet flights be grounded amid back-to-back malfunctions. The plea also mentioned that the flights should be stopped to avert a major incident, where there can be big loss to life and property.
SpiceJet has failed to establish safe, efficient and reliable air service, mentioned the plea. The plea filed by lawyer Rahul Bhardwaj said multiple recent incidents have occurred in connection to Spicejet flights.
The crew checked for any smoke / fire when the burning smell was. However, no such thing was found. Despite so, the flight was diverted to Muscat as a precautionary measure.
DGCA had earlier issued a show-cause notice to SpiceJet after its aircraft were hit by eight incidents of mid-air technical malfunction over the last 18 days, saying the budget carrier has "failed" to establish safe, efficient and reliable air services.
A DGCA review of incidents showed that "poor" internal safety oversight and "inadequate" maintenance actions have resulted in "degradation" of the safety margins of SpiceJet, hence the airline's chief Ajay Singh asserted it will be "doubly careful" and strengthen inspection of aircraft before the operation of their flights.