FAA rules out safety evaluation of DGCA

New Delhi: US aviation regulator FAA has ruled out holding an immediate safety evaluation of its Indian counterpart DGCA, but has expressed concern over reports about the aviation safety scenario in the country.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had expressed "their concern based on media reports in India on the current civil aviation scenario and raised doubts on the effectiveness of DGCA's oversight of the Indian aviation industry," an official statement said here.
The FAA's Flight Standard Office had last month written to the Director General of Civil Aviation on their concerns and "indicated that if it is established that DGCA oversight has been compromised, then the necessary consultation process has to start in the direction of conducting an International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) of the DGCA by the FAA."
07/09/12 PTI/Economic Times

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Categories: Foreign Sep 2012, Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2012, Safety Sep 2012