DGCA’s CAR-21 regulations ground Saras in NAL hangar

Bangalore: The new civil aviation requirement (CAR-21) regulations of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has become a stumbling block to India’s first multi-purpose civilian aircraft programme, Saras.
The Saras programme, which suffered a serious setback following a tragic crash last year, is now awaiting the aviation regulator to complete its audit, based on the CAR-21 regulations at the Bangalore-based National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) which is the designer of the aircraft.
MS Chidananda, head of NAL’s Centre for Civil Aircraft Design and Development said that until DGCA completes its audit based on the CAR-21 regulations it would not be able to go ahead with the project which has already overshot its deadline for the aircraft certification.
“The CAR-21 has superseded an old regulation and the DGCA has asked us not to go ahead with the projects until an audit has been completed,” said Chidananda.
He said that the delay caused due to the imposition of the new regulation will further delay the project especially with regard to the development of the third prototype (P3) of the Saras aircraft.
10/12/10 Hemanth CS/Daily News & Analysis

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