DGCA air safety chief gets the boot

Mumbai: Bir Singh Rai, deputy director-general of the Directorate of Air Safety, has been removed from the post. He was in charge of air safety from 2010 onwards. In the last one year, Rai's probe reports into air accidents and incidents were rejected by the aviation regulator for being misleading.
The two most controversial reports filed by Rai pertained to the Kingfisher Airlines runway overrun in 2009 and the Air India Express aircraft incident in 2010. The Air India Express aircraft operating the Dubai-Pune flight had plunged suddenly several thousand feet after the aircraft's auto-pilot disengaged.
"Both the investigations reports filed by Rai had technical discrepancies. After the DGCA had these reports on its website, the aviation regulator had to pull them out following complaints," said a commander.
16/09/11 Times of India

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