AVIATION SAFETY SURVEY-NOVEMBER, 2019

 

01 Nov 19-Replace old engines on 97 aircraft by Jan ‘at all costs’: DGCA to Indigo.

 

Aviation regulator DGCA asked Indigo on Friday to replace Pratt and Whitney (PW) engines of 23 A320neo planes by November 19 or else they would be grounded.

The regulator also asked Indigo that all 97 such aircraft in its fleet must have modified PW engines by January 31 next year “at all costs”. Read More

Aviation Safety Survey-Oct 2019

01 Oct 19.Snag in Air India One, Prez stuck in Zurich for hrs.

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind’s flight from to Slovenia was delayed on Sunday after the Boeing 747 that was to fly as AI One developed a snag. According to sources, the president drove to Zurich airport where a last-minute glitch on the 26-year-old jumbo jet (VT-ESO) was suspected. The VVIP returned to his hotel and AI aircraft engineers immediately started working on the aircraft “Khajuraho”. Read More