Thursday, January 23, 2020

DGCA starts training schools audit after more accidents

New Delhi: Accidents at flying training schools in 2019 have spiked to five from three the year ago and two in 2017 prompting the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to start auditing these institutes to ensure that number of accidents fall to 2016 levels.
During 2015 and 2016, no accidents were reported at these flying training institutes. “The primary reason for incidents is operational, which happens by violating standard operating procedures (SOPs). We have also asked all regional teams to not just audit but also work with flying schools and bring down the number of accidents to zero,” said a senior DGCA official, who did not want to be identified. 
According to DGCA data, three reasons have been blamed for accidents at flying training institutes in the past four years. Data showed operational reasons account for 70% of the total accidents at flying institutes followed by 20% by engineering and the rest 10% for other reasons.
23/01/20 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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