New Delhi: Concerned over the finding that several small aircraft and helicopters were operating without cockpit voice recorders, aviation regulator DGCA has now made it mandatory for all their operators to fit black boxes in them by the year-end.
The amendment to the Civil Aviation Rule (CAR) also makes it mandatory that all aircraft being imported or leased from now on should be fitted with Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVRs) or black boxes and Cockpit Audio Recording System (CARS), official sources said.
During recent safety audits, it was found that a large number of turbine-powered planes and helicopters, including turboprops (turbine-powered propeller aircraft), were not fitted with CVRs or CARS.
06/01/14 PTI/Business Line
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The amendment to the Civil Aviation Rule (CAR) also makes it mandatory that all aircraft being imported or leased from now on should be fitted with Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVRs) or black boxes and Cockpit Audio Recording System (CARS), official sources said.
During recent safety audits, it was found that a large number of turbine-powered planes and helicopters, including turboprops (turbine-powered propeller aircraft), were not fitted with CVRs or CARS.
06/01/14 PTI/Business Line
