The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday issued a circular for installation of CCTVs and other monitoring purposes to improve trraining and surveillance of Flying Training Organizations.
A senior DGCA official on Wednesday confirmed that under the ICAO's Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) continuous monitoring approach, an ICAO Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) was undertaken from November 9 to 16 this year.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ordered a detailed investigation to ascertain the cause and said that suitable follow-up action shall be taken into the incident where an IndiGo flight was grounded at Delhi airport after sparks were noticed in the aircraft.
According to the DGCA, the incident was reported when Akasa B-737-8 (Max) aircraft VT-YAF operating flight QP -1333 flying from Ahmedabad to Delhi experienced a bird strike during climb out passing 1900ft.
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday lifted the capacity restrictions imposed on carrier SpiceJet.
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed condolences to the bereaved families of the seven people who died in the helicopter crash near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand earlier in the day.
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Airline SpiceJet on Monday said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was investigating into the incident of 'smoke in cabin' in one of the airline's aircraft on October 12.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 15 (ANI): A flight of the newly launched carrier Akasa Air was hit by a bird on its way to Bengaluru from Mumbai, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Saturday.