New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has filed a police complaint against a doctor employed by the GMR Aviation who had allowed 27 chartered flights, including those carrying VVIPs like Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, to fly without proper mandatory pre-flight tests.
In April, the civil aviation regulator had grounded 11 pilots and six cabin crew of the GMR's aviation company for safety violations during the period between March 12 and April 14. The breach of aviation manual's safety code was detected after a surprise check by the DGCA. Refuting the charges, the GMR Aviation had maintained that neither any test was skipped nor any data "falsified".
Subsequently, the DGCA had then decided to carry out an inquiry on its own in the matter. The civil aviation regulator, a DGCA official said, found that Dr L.M. Narula had "allowed 27 chartered flights out of Delhi, including 10 of these carrying passenger falling under Special Protection Group (SPG) protected Z+ category, thereby putting at risk the safety of highprofile passengers and aircraft operations".
14/05/14 Ankur Sharma/India Today
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In April, the civil aviation regulator had grounded 11 pilots and six cabin crew of the GMR's aviation company for safety violations during the period between March 12 and April 14. The breach of aviation manual's safety code was detected after a surprise check by the DGCA. Refuting the charges, the GMR Aviation had maintained that neither any test was skipped nor any data "falsified".
Subsequently, the DGCA had then decided to carry out an inquiry on its own in the matter. The civil aviation regulator, a DGCA official said, found that Dr L.M. Narula had "allowed 27 chartered flights out of Delhi, including 10 of these carrying passenger falling under Special Protection Group (SPG) protected Z+ category, thereby putting at risk the safety of highprofile passengers and aircraft operations".
14/05/14 Ankur Sharma/India Today
