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DGCA launches probe as Air India Delhi-Moscow flight returns after pilot f
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Aviation regulator Director-General of Aviation (DGCA) has launched an investigation into a "serious lapse" after an Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow on Saturday returned midway after its pilot was found COVID-19 infected.
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DGCA allows Approved Training Organisation for simulator utilisation only
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Director General of Civil Aviation on Tuesday said that Approved Training organisations (ATO) would be allowed to function for simulator utilisation only, for Pilots.
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Yes, our aircraft are ready to fly again: Airlines tell MoCA
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): With the possibility of resuming domestic flights soon, airlines in India have submitted their aircraft's airworthiness report to the country's aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).
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Action taken by airlines against Kamra in consonance with civil aviation r
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Director General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday said that action taken by four airlines imposing flight ban on stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra was "in complete consonance with civil aviation requirements" and that a news article has "misquoted/misrepresented" t
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DGCA takes action against two pilots of Go Air involved in 'serious incide
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended two pilots of Go Air involved in a "serious incident" at Bengaluru on November 11 last year while operating flight G8-811 (NAG-BLR).
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DGCA to issue notices to GoAir's 100 pilots and management for flight dut
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 7 (ANI): In a bid to discourage airlines from overworking their pilots, the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will send notice to around 100 pilots of GoAir and to GoAir Management over alleged Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) violation.
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First fog: IndiGo asks CAT IIIB trained pilot flying as passenger to opera
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, (India), Dec 1 (ANI): With Delhi witnessing its season's first fog on Saturday, a Delhi-bound plane of IndiGo, whose pilot had surrendered the aircraft during take-off in Pune was finally flown by an off-duty pilot, trained to land in low visibility (CAT IIIB), and headed to the n
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13 employees of airports, airlines caught drunk on duty: DGCA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi,(India), Oct 28,(ANI): A total of 13 airline staffers from different airlines and airports have failed breath analyser tests for alcohol, India's aviation regulatory body Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official said on Monday.
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SpiceJet's 23 Boeing 737s to be checked for cracks: DGCA
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): National aviation regulator Director General Of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered checks on SpiceJet's 23 Boeing 737-next generation (NG) aircraft having over 26,000 flight cycles for cracks on area joining wings to the body frame.
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DGCA reviews performance of Neo aircraft with GoAir, Indigo airlines
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday had an urgent meeting with GoAir and Indigo airlines to review the performance of Airbus Neo aircraft.
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DGCA to conduct quarterly safety audit of airside activities for safe oper
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): In the backdrop of increasing incidents of on-ground accidents, the aviation watchdog -- Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) -- has decided to conduct the safety audit of airside activities on a quarterly basis with the first audit to be conducted aft
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Airline not adhering to 'basic maintenance practices', caused death of Spi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Lack of proper training, unsupervised maintenance and the airline not adhering to "basic maintenance practices" led to a young SpiceJet technician losing his life while servicing an aircraft at Kolkata airport in the early hours of July 9, a probe by the Dir
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