The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended Air India’s chief of flight safety Rajeev Gupta for one month for serious lapses that the regulator discovered in an inspection of the airline’s internal safety audits, accident prevention work, and availability of the required technical manpower in July.
“The DGCA surveillance found deficiencies in the accident prevention work carried out by the organization (Air India) and the availability of the requisite technical man power as required in the approved Flight Safety Manual and the relevant Civil Aviation Requirements. Further it was observed that some of the internal audit/spot checks claimed to be carried out by the airline were done in a perfunctory manner and not as per the regulatory requirements,” the DGCA said on Thursday.
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