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India Gazette
13 hours ago
- General
- India Gazette
DGCA carries out surveillance at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai
New Delhi [India]. June 25 (ANI): As part of its commitment, DGCA had issued an order on June 19 to initiate a focused assessment of the aviation ecosystem to strengthen safety measures across the aviation sector. Two teams led by the Joint Director General, DGCA, carried out comprehensive surveillance during night and early morning hours at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement. The surveillance covered multiple critical areas such as flight operations, airworthiness, ramp safety, air traffic control (ATC), communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) systems, and pre-flight medical evaluations. Throughout the surveillance, ground activities and aircraft movements were closely monitored to check the compliance of regulatory requirements and to identify weak areas for improvement, according to the ministry. Multiple cases wherein the reported defects reappeared many times on the aircraft, indicating the ineffective monitoring and inadequate rectification action on the defects/repeated defects; Ground handling equipment's such as baggage trollies, BFL, etc were found unserviceable; Line maintenance stores, tool control procedures were not followed. During maintenance of aircraft, the work order was not followed; The unserviceable thrust reverser system and Flap Slat Lever were not locked; During maintenance, safety precautions found not taken by AME as per AMM; at places, the AME was not attending to the snag rectification; Defect reports generated by the aircraft system, were not found recorded in the technical logbook; Several life vests were not properly secured beneath their designated seats; The corrosion-resistant tape on the right-hand side winglet's lower blade was found to be damaged, ministry stated in a release. Similarly at an airport, centre line marking of runway was observed faded; The rapid exit taxiway, green centre lights were not unidirectional; the obstruction limitation data has not been updated for last three years and no survey has been performed despite many new constructions around the vicinity of aerodrome; number of vehicles in the ramp area were found without speed governors. These vehicles were withdrawn by cancelling their AVP, and the drivers' ADP were suspended, the release said. A simulator was checked and found not to match the aircraft configuration. The software was also not updated to the current version, it added. Civil Aviation Ministry said that a domestic flight of a scheduled carrier was cancelled due to worn tyres, and it was released only after the required rectification was carried out. All the findings observed during the surveillance have been communicated to the concerned operators for taking necessary corrective actions within seven days. This process of comprehensive surveillance will continue in future to detect hazards in the system in line with the Order No. DGCA-22034/2/2025-FSD on June 19. (ANI)
Time of India
13 hours ago
- General
- Time of India
DGCA carries out surveillance at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai
As part of its commitment, DGCA had issued an order on June 19 to initiate a focused assessment of the aviation ecosystem to strengthen safety measures across the aviation sector. Two teams led by the Joint Director General, DGCA, carried out comprehensive surveillance during night and early morning hours at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement. The surveillance covered multiple critical areas such as flight operations, airworthiness, ramp safety, air traffic control (ATC), communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) systems, and pre-flight medical evaluations. Throughout the surveillance, ground activities and aircraft movements were closely monitored to check the compliance of regulatory requirements and to identify weak areas for improvement, according to the ministry. Multiple cases wherein the reported defects reappeared many times on the aircraft, indicating the ineffective monitoring and inadequate rectification action on the defects/repeated defects; Ground handling equipment's such as baggage trollies, BFL, etc were found unserviceable; Line maintenance stores, tool control procedures were not followed. During maintenance of aircraft, the work order was not followed; The unserviceable thrust reverser system and Flap Slat Lever were not locked; During maintenance, safety precautions found not taken by AME as per AMM; at places, the AME was not attending to the snag rectification; Defect reports generated by the aircraft system, were not found recorded in the technical logbook; Several life vests were not properly secured beneath their designated seats; The corrosion-resistant tape on the right-hand side winglet's lower blade was found to be damaged, ministry stated in a release. Similarly at an airport, centre line marking of runway was observed faded; The rapid exit taxiway, green centre lights were not unidirectional; the obstruction limitation data has not been updated for last three years and no survey has been performed despite many new constructions around the vicinity of aerodrome; number of vehicles in the ramp area were found without speed governors. These vehicles were withdrawn by cancelling their AVP, and the drivers' ADP were suspended, the release said. Live Events A simulator was checked and found not to match the aircraft configuration. The software was also not updated to the current version, it added. Civil Aviation Ministry said that a domestic flight of a scheduled carrier was cancelled due to worn tyres, and it was released only after the required rectification was carried out. All the findings observed during the surveillance have been communicated to the concerned operators for taking necessary corrective actions within seven days. This process of comprehensive surveillance will continue in future to detect hazards in the system in line with the Order No. DGCA-22034/2/2025-FSD on June 19. (ANI)
India Gazette
16 hours ago
- General
- India Gazette
Process of comprehensive surveillance will continue in future to detect hazards in aviation system: MOCA
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will continue with comprehensive surveillance in the future to detect hazards in the aviation ecosystem and strengthen safety measures across the aviation sector, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in an official release on Tuesday. On June 19, 2025, the DGCA issued an order to initiate a focused assessment of the aviation ecosystem. According to the official release, two teams led by the Joint Director General, DGCA, carried out comprehensive surveillance during the night and early morning hours at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai. The surveillance covered multiple critical areas such as flight operations, airworthiness, ramp safety, air traffic control (ATC), communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) systems, and pre-flight medical evaluations. Throughout the surveillance, ground activities and aircraft movements were closely monitored to check the compliance of regulatory requirements and to identify weak areas for improvement. The findings made during the surveillance include multiple cases wherein the reported defects reappeared many times on the aircraft, indicating ineffective monitoring and inadequate rectification action on the defects/repeated defects; ground handling equipment such as baggage trollies, BFL, etc. were found unserviceable; and line maintenance stores and tool control procedures were not followed. During maintenance of the aircraft, the work order was not followed; The unserviceable thrust reverser system and Flap Slat Lever were not locked. During maintenance, safety precautions were found not taken by AME as per AMM; at places, the AME was not attending to the snag rectification; Defect reports generated by the aircraft system were not found recorded in the technical logbook; Several life vests were not properly secured beneath their designated seats; The corrosion-resistant tape on the right-hand side winglet's lower blade was found to be damaged. Similarly, at an airport, the centre line marking of the runway was observed faded; The rapid exit taxiway and green centre lights were not unidirectional; the obstruction limitation data has not been updated for the last three years, and no survey has been performed despite many new constructions around the vicinity of the aerodrome; number of vehicles in the ramp area were found without speed governors. These vehicles were withdrawn by cancelling their AVP, and the drivers' ADP were suspended. A simulator was checked and found not matching with the aircraft configuration. The software was also not updated to the current version. A domestic flight of a scheduled carrier was cancelled due to worn tyres, and it was released only after the required rectification was carried out. All the findings observed during the surveillance were communicated to the concerned operators so they could take necessary corrective actions within seven days. This process of comprehensive surveillance will continue in future to detect hazards in the system in line with the order issued on June 19, 2025. The DGCA is the regulatory body in the field of Civil Aviation, primarily dealing with safety issues, and is fully committed to the safety and security of air operations in the country. (ANI)
United News of India
17 hours ago
- United News of India
DGCA discovers multiple defects in aircraft maintenance
New Delhi, June 24 (UNI) The Directorate general of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has discovered multiple cases of repeated defects on aircraft indicating ineffective monitoring and inadequate rectification action. The DGCA, which carried out comprehensive surveillance at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, found that in multiple cases reported defects re-appeared many times on the aircraft indicating ineffective monitoring and inadequate rectification action on the defects/repeated defects. Ground handling equipment's like baggage trollies, BFL, etc were found unserviceable, Line maintenance stores, tool control procedures were not followed. During maintenance of aircraft, the work order was not followed, unserviceable thrust reverser system and Flap Slat Lever were not locked. During maintenance, safety precautions were found not taken by AME as per AMM. At places, the AME was not attending to the snag rectification, defect reports generated by the aircraft system were not found recorded in the technical logbook. Several life vests were not properly secured beneath their designated seats; The corrosion-resistant tape on the right-hand side winglet's lower blade was found to be damaged. Similarly at an airport, centre line marking of runway was observed faded. The rapid exit taxiway, green centre lights were not unidirectional, the obstruction limitation data had not been updated for last three years and no survey had been performed despite many new constructions around the vicinity of aerodrome. Number of vehicles in the ramp area were found without speed governors. A simulator was checked and found not matching with the aircraft configuration. The software was not also updated to the current version. A domestic flight of a scheduled carrier was cancelled due to worn tyres and it was released only after the required rectification was carried out. All the findings observed during the surveillance have been communicated to the concerned operators for taking necessary corrective actions within seven days, an official spokesman said. The examinations were done by two teams led by the Joint Director General, DGCA during night and early morning hours at major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai. The surveillance covered multiple critical areas such as flight operations, airworthiness, ramp safety, air traffic control (ATC), communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) systems, and pre-flight medical evaluations. Throughout the surveillance, ground activities and aircraft movements were closely monitored to check the compliance of regulatory requirements and to identify weak areas for improvement. UNI RB SSP
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Hindustan Times
DGCA puts operations at Delhi, Mumbai airports under lens; finds many gaps
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday said that it has started a special safety review of the country's airports to strengthen aviation safety and has started comprehensive surveillance at several major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai airports. Flights parked on the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai on June 13 (PTI) The exercise was conducted by two teams of the joint director general (JDG) of DGCA during the night and early morning hours at the airports. Officials said similar reviews would also be conducted at Hyderabad and Kolkata airports. The aviation regulator said that the findings recorded by the team during the surveillance had been communicated to the operators for taking corrective action within seven days. The review is in process, a DGCA official said, adding that findings during the surveillance revealed multiple cases where reported defects reappeared many times on aircraft, indicating ineffective monitoring and inadequate rectification action on repeated defects. 'The surveillance covered multiple critical areas such as flight operations, airworthiness, ramp safety, air traffic control (ATC), communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) systems, and pre-flight medical evaluations. Throughout the surveillance, ground activities and aircraft movements were closely monitored to check compliance with regulatory requirements and to identify weak areas for improvement,' a statement by the DGCA read. DGCA said that the surveillance also found faults with the working of AMEs (aircraft maintenance engineering). 'At places, AMEs were not attending to snag rectification; defect reports generated by the aircraft system were not found recorded in the technical logbook; several life vests were not properly secured beneath their designated seats; the corrosion-resistant tape on the right-hand side winglet's lower blade was found to be damaged,' the statement said. 'Ground handling equipment such as baggage trolleys were found unserviceable; line maintenance stores and tool control procedures were not followed,' a statement issued by the DGCA said. DGCA also found that during the maintenance of aircraft, the work order was not followed. 'The unserviceable thrust reverser system and Flap Slat Lever (device used by pilots to extend or retract the flaps and slats on an aircraft's wings during takeoff and landing) were not locked; during maintenance, safety precautions were not taken by AMEs (aircraft maintenance engineers) as per the AMM (aircraft maintenance manual),' the statement read. At one airport, DGCA said the centre line marking of the runway had also faded. 'The rapid exit taxiway and green centre light were not unidirectional; the obstruction limitation data has not been updated for the last three years and no survey has been performed despite many new constructions around the vicinity of the aerodrome; a number of vehicles in the ramp area were found without speed governors. These vehicles were withdrawn by cancelling their AVP (aircraft verification procedure) and the drivers' ADP (airport driver permit) were suspended.' The enhanced surveillance also revealed that a simulator was checked and found not to match the aircraft configuration, and the software was not updated to the current version. 'A domestic flight of a scheduled carrier was held up due to worn tyres and it was released only after the required rectification was carried out,' the DGCA stated.
