India aviation regulator says multiple defects reappearing on aircraft
Posted on: Jun 24, 2025 18:22 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
By Abhijith Ganapavaram
young new delhi -India's air power regulator said on tues it had found multiple instances of aircraft defects reappearing "many times" at bombay and Delhi airports, two of the country's busiest, indicating what it said were inadequate checks on jetliners.
The findings were part of a special audit being carried out by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to strengthen safety in the wake of a deadly Air India crash that killed 271 people earlier this month.
The regulator did not name the airlines where the defects were found or detail the type of defects. The two airports in the world's third largest aviation market serve major Indian airlines such as IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express, as well as many international carriers.
The repeated instances of defects indicated "ineffective monitoring and inadequate rectification action", the DGCA said.
The government body also found other violations such as an aircraft maintenance engineer not taking prescribed safety precautions, not addressing defects in some places and work order not being followed in jet maintenance.
At one airport that the DGCA did not name, the regulator found no survey had been conducted despite new construction around the vicinity, an issue now under scrutiny after the Air India jet crashed into a doctors' hostel, killing dozens.
The findings have been communicated to the concerned operators so they can take corrective measures within seven days, the DGCA said.
The shortcomings were found as part of a "comprehensive surveillance" during night and early morning hours at major airports including those at Delhi and Mumbai.
After the June 12 crash, the regulator ordered renewed checks on Air India's Boeing 787 fleet but it said these did not reveal any major safety concerns.
Reuters reported, citing sources, that the DGCA cancelled its planned visit to Air India headquarters on Tuesday for an annual regulatory audit as the airline was tackling the fallout from several Middle Eastern countries temporarily closing their airspaces due to the Israel-Iran conflict.
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