Indian aviation sector ‘absolutely safe’, foreign airlines coming to India suffered 15 failures in 16 days: DGCA

In the recent past, due to continuous technical and operational glitches in many aircraft, they have either been canceled or made their emergency landing. Amid the issue of technical glitches being faced by domestic airlines, aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Arun Kumar has said that the Indian aviation sector is completely safe and there is no need to panic. Arun Kumar, in an interview to news agency PTI on Sunday, said that none of the technical difficulties that domestic airlines have faced in recent weeks were such that they would pose a major threat. He said that more foreign airlines than India have faced technical glitches. Kumar said that the Indian aviation sector is completely safe. Sanjay Arora: Sanjay Arora will replace Rakesh Asthana as the new Police Commissioner of Delhi. He said that all the protocols laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are followed in India.

The DGCA chief said that during the last 16 days, foreign airlines coming to India had to face technical glitches 15 times. The matter has been taken seriously. He said that the disturbances encountered are regular types of problems. All airlines or fleets of planes have to deal with these.

DGCA chief Kumar stressed that there is no need to panic as none of the incidents that are being reported/discussed are likely to pose a major risk or threat. Kumar said foreign airlines have also faced the same problems that Indian airlines have faced. In a year, 478 cases of malfunction were reported; let us tell you that Indian airline companies have had to deal with the problem of technical glitches several times in recent weeks. The government recently said that from July 1 last year to June 30 this year, a total of 478 cases of technical glitches in aircraft have been reported.

In a written reply to Saugata Roy’s question, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that technical difficulties may be experienced during the operation of aircraft due to malfunction in their parts or equipment. He said that from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, a total of 478 cases of technical failure in aircraft have been reported. The Minister said that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has a prescribed monitoring mechanism for the safety of passengers and aircraft. He also informed that on the basis of the violations detected during surveillance, on the spot investigation and night time surveillance in 2021-22, DGCA has taken action against the personnel responsible in 21 cases of violations including cancellation of licence, Removal from post and issue of warning letter etc.