New Delhi: The Air India plane involved in an incident at the Delhi airport early last month had been exposed to a higher level of flying risk for five months until May this year, thanks to an engine wear and tear, a recent Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) audit has revealed.
Among some of the serious concerns that the audit flagged were lack of monitoring, manpower shortage and the carrier's ageing fleet. It further exposed the lack of safety oversight the country was grappling with, even as the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had restored India's safety ratings early this year.
In its special engineering audit of Air India, conducted in September, DGCA found the airline's 1994-make Airbus A320 plane (VT-ESI) had been operating with zero exhaust gas temperature (EGT) margin from January this year to May, when the engine was finally replaced. Besides, Air India officials had not conducted proper recording when an inspection of the engine took place in May.
26/10/15 Somesh Jha/Business Standard
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Among some of the serious concerns that the audit flagged were lack of monitoring, manpower shortage and the carrier's ageing fleet. It further exposed the lack of safety oversight the country was grappling with, even as the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had restored India's safety ratings early this year.
In its special engineering audit of Air India, conducted in September, DGCA found the airline's 1994-make Airbus A320 plane (VT-ESI) had been operating with zero exhaust gas temperature (EGT) margin from January this year to May, when the engine was finally replaced. Besides, Air India officials had not conducted proper recording when an inspection of the engine took place in May.
26/10/15 Somesh Jha/Business Standard
