New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has set up technical teams to carry out sudden safety checks on the aircraft of foreign airlines and charter firms and penalise them if discrepancies are found, official sources said today.
Foreign aircraft flying to India could face extensive safety checks when they land here. In case of major lapses the aircraft could even be grounded and its owners penalised, the sources said.
The decision to set up the two teams in Delhi and Mumbai was taken in the backdrop of the recent downgrade of Indian aviation safety mechanism by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Over the past few months, six airlines, including Japan's All Nippon Airways, Sri Lankan Airways and Afghanistan's Ariana, have been penalised, the sources said.
The surprise safety checks are being carried out on the basis of Safety Oversight of Foreign Airlines (SOFA) programme and a checklist based on the recommendations of the UN agency International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
10/02/14 PTI/Financial Express
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Foreign aircraft flying to India could face extensive safety checks when they land here. In case of major lapses the aircraft could even be grounded and its owners penalised, the sources said.
The decision to set up the two teams in Delhi and Mumbai was taken in the backdrop of the recent downgrade of Indian aviation safety mechanism by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Over the past few months, six airlines, including Japan's All Nippon Airways, Sri Lankan Airways and Afghanistan's Ariana, have been penalised, the sources said.
The surprise safety checks are being carried out on the basis of Safety Oversight of Foreign Airlines (SOFA) programme and a checklist based on the recommendations of the UN agency International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
10/02/14 PTI/Financial Express
