NEW DELHI: The Centre has denied allegations that the state-run carrier, Air India was operating old and faulty aircrafts, and yesterday's incident of fire in a plane was not due to any safety issue. More than 150 people were onboard the flight.
"Practically, this was not a safety failure. This (the incident) was not practically fire but a hydraulic system leak after landing. The rim of the plane got heated up due to the oil leak and some fuel," said minister of state for civil aviation, Mahesh Sharma.
The minister also said that there was no question of taking any chance with the lives of passengers or aircraft crew. Mr Sharma told reporters, "We follow all the safety guidelines from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)."
08/09/15 PTI/NDTV
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"Practically, this was not a safety failure. This (the incident) was not practically fire but a hydraulic system leak after landing. The rim of the plane got heated up due to the oil leak and some fuel," said minister of state for civil aviation, Mahesh Sharma.
The minister also said that there was no question of taking any chance with the lives of passengers or aircraft crew. Mr Sharma told reporters, "We follow all the safety guidelines from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)."
08/09/15 PTI/NDTV
