Day after lethal crash, DGCA orders security checks on Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet

A day after
Air India Flight AI171 crashed close to Ahmedabad airport
leaving practically 265 useless, Aviation watchdog DGCA on Friday ordered enhanced security inspection of airline’s  Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet.

There are 26 Boeing 787-8s and seven Boeing 787-9s within the fleet of Air India owned by Tata Group.

“As a safety measure DGCA hereby directs M/s Air India to carryout following extra upkeep actions on 8787-8/9 aircrafts outfitted with Genx engines with speedy impact in coordination with the involved regional DGCA workplaces,” DGCA mentioned in an announcement.

What has DGCA ordered?

1. One time verify earlier than departure of flight from India w.e.f 15.06.2025, (00:00) Hrs onwards

a) Inspection of Gasoline Parameter Monitoring and related system checks.
b) Inspection of Cabin air compressor and related methods.
c) Digital Engine Management-System Check.
d) Engine Gasoline Pushed Actuator-Operational Check and oil system verify.
e) Serviceability verify of Hydraulic system.
f) Overview of Take-off parameters.
2. ‘Flight Management Inspection’ to be launched in transit inspection until additional discover.
3. Energy assurance checks to be carried out inside two weeks.
4. Closure of upkeep motion based mostly upon the evaluation of repetitive snags over the past 15 days on B787-8/9 plane on the earliest.

The report of the above checks is to be submitted to DGCA for evaluation.

Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane, working a flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed quickly after take-off on Thursday afternoon. Out of the 242 folks, who had been on board the aircraft, just one particular person survived.

With inputs from businesses