DGCA finds a number of violations in airways, airports, plane upkeep

Two groups led by the joint director-general carried out the surveillance throughout evening and early morning hours at main airports, together with Delhi and Mumbai.

In an in depth assertion concerning the surveillance findings, DGCA listed a number of circumstances whereby the reported defects reappeared many occasions on the plane indicating ineffective monitoring and insufficient rectification.

“Floor dealing with tools reminiscent of baggage trollies… had been discovered unserviceable; Line upkeep shops, software management procedures weren’t adopted,” it mentioned.

Throughout upkeep of plane, the work order was not adopted, DGCA mentioned and added that the unserviceable thrust reverser system and flap slat lever weren’t locked.

“Throughout upkeep, security precautions discovered not (to have been) taken by AME (Plane Upkeep Engineer) as per AMM (Plane Upkeep Handbook); at locations, AME was not attending to the snag rectification; defect experiences generated by the plane system, weren’t discovered recorded within the technical logbook,” the assertion mentioned.

Additionally, DGCA discovered that a number of life vests weren’t correctly secured beneath their designated seats in plane and the corrosion-resistant tape on the right-hand facet winglet’s decrease blade was discovered to be broken.

At one airport, the centre line marking of a runway was noticed to have pale and the speedy exit taxiway and inexperienced centre mild weren’t unidirectional.