After reporting a number of technical snags in SpiceJet’s aircrafts, aviation regulator Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA) carried out spot checks in aircrafts of the finances service. At present, the airline stated that it rectified the defects and malfunctions recognized in 10 planes by the DGCA and all these ten plane are again in operation. The rectification had been finished instantly after the DGCA remark.
“A sequence of spot checks had been carried out just lately on all working plane of M/s Spicejet from ninth July 2022 to thirteenth July 2022. A complete of 53 spot checks had been carried out on 48 plane which didn’t discover any main vital discovering or security violation,” the aviation ministry informed Rajya Sabha in a reply to a query.
The ministry additional knowledgeable Parliament that DGCA had carried out the regulatory audit of three scheduled airways, together with SpiceJet as per revealed Annual Surveillance Programme (ASP) 2022.
The civil aviation ministry additionally knowledgeable Parliament that the crew of the SpiceJet flight that was diverted to Karachi on July 5 didn’t declare an emergency nor was there any gas leak within the plane.
In reply to a separate query on a flight diversion to Karachi, the ministry stated, “Cabin crew didn’t declare emergency. Publish touchdown test and inspection at Karachi didn’t reveal gas leak.”
“I’m completely happy that the findings of the assorted checks carried out by the DGCA on our fleet have been made public by the federal government. SpiceJet has been working a protected airline for 17 years and it is a vindication of not solely our stand however the love and belief proven by our passengers who’ve made SpiceJet the nation’s hottest airline flying with the best masses for the previous seven years.
“I’m glad that these findings and evaluation are of none apart from the DGCA, India’s topmost aviation security company and regulator,” stated Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet.
(With inputs from IANS)