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Air India's Chief Of Flight Safety Suspended By Regulator DGCA For A Month
Sending a tough message, the civil aviation regulator has suspended Air India's Chief of Flight Safety for a month after an inspection found lapses in the carrier's accident prevention protocol.
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Aviation Regulator Suspends Boeing Simulator Training Facility For Air India. Here's Why
The regulatory action against Air India came days after a DGCA inspection team allegedly found lapses in its internal safety audit reporting.
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Aviation Body Finds Lapses In Air India's Internal Safety Audits
A two-member inspection team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has found lapses in internal safety audits of Air India and the regulator is probing the matter, according to officials.
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Show Cause Notice To Air India CEO, Safety Head For Dubai-Delhi Flight Incident
Aviation regulator DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson for the airline's lapses in reporting the incident of a pilot allowing a female friend inside the cockpit during a Dubai-Delhi flight on February 27.
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"Uninformed Drivel...": Jet Airways CEO On Twitter Talk On Aviation Safety
There is a lot of "uninformed drivel" circulating on social media on matters relating to aviation safety is astounding, Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor said, requesting social media users to seek out for " informed, expert opinions" before coming to a
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Multiple Safety Lapses On IndiGo, 4 Officials Get Notice: Report
Four senior executives of IndiGo airline were issued show cause notices on Friday by the civil aviation watchdog DGCA after a special audit team of the aviation regulator found safety lapses, according to sources privy to the development.
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Mixing Locations Led To Planes' Near Collision At Delhi: Airport Authority
In a major safety lapse, the Air Traffic Controller inadvertently gave instructions to one aircraft to continue taxiing, mixing the taxiway location with that of another plane that led to a near collision at Delhi airport on Tuesday, the Airport Authority of India has said.
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European Union 'Aware of German Air Safety Lapses' Before Deadly Alps Crash
The European Aviation Safety Agency had voiced concerns over Germany's "non-conformity" with air safety rules before the Germanwings air crash which killed 150 people, especially on air crew health monitoring, a spokesman told AFP Saturday.
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After Kingfisher, Air India Express, aviation regulator raps other carriers
Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which had come down heavily on Kingfisher and Air India Express for ignoring safety requirements, has also found serious lapses on part of other carriers on major counts.
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Mangalore crash: Hearing reveals huge safety lapses
Early on May 22, an Air India flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed; 158 people were killed. The pilot had overshot the runway at Mangalore.(Read: 158 killed in crash, eight survivors)Now emerging - a huge point of concern - that the Air Traffic Control tower got to work just two minutes before the pilot touched down. (See Pics: Mangalore Ai...
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Air India's Chief Of Flight Safety Suspended By Regulator DGCA For A Month
Sending a tough message, the civil aviation regulator has suspended Air India's Chief of Flight Safety for a month after an inspection found lapses in the carrier's accident prevention protocol.
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Aviation Regulator Suspends Boeing Simulator Training Facility For Air India. Here's Why
The regulatory action against Air India came days after a DGCA inspection team allegedly found lapses in its internal safety audit reporting.
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Aviation Body Finds Lapses In Air India's Internal Safety Audits
A two-member inspection team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has found lapses in internal safety audits of Air India and the regulator is probing the matter, according to officials.
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Show Cause Notice To Air India CEO, Safety Head For Dubai-Delhi Flight Incident
Aviation regulator DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson for the airline's lapses in reporting the incident of a pilot allowing a female friend inside the cockpit during a Dubai-Delhi flight on February 27.
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"Uninformed Drivel...": Jet Airways CEO On Twitter Talk On Aviation Safety
There is a lot of "uninformed drivel" circulating on social media on matters relating to aviation safety is astounding, Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor said, requesting social media users to seek out for " informed, expert opinions" before coming to a
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Multiple Safety Lapses On IndiGo, 4 Officials Get Notice: Report
Four senior executives of IndiGo airline were issued show cause notices on Friday by the civil aviation watchdog DGCA after a special audit team of the aviation regulator found safety lapses, according to sources privy to the development.
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Mixing Locations Led To Planes' Near Collision At Delhi: Airport Authority
In a major safety lapse, the Air Traffic Controller inadvertently gave instructions to one aircraft to continue taxiing, mixing the taxiway location with that of another plane that led to a near collision at Delhi airport on Tuesday, the Airport Authority of India has said.
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European Union 'Aware of German Air Safety Lapses' Before Deadly Alps Crash
The European Aviation Safety Agency had voiced concerns over Germany's "non-conformity" with air safety rules before the Germanwings air crash which killed 150 people, especially on air crew health monitoring, a spokesman told AFP Saturday.
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After Kingfisher, Air India Express, aviation regulator raps other carriers
Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which had come down heavily on Kingfisher and Air India Express for ignoring safety requirements, has also found serious lapses on part of other carriers on major counts.
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Mangalore crash: Hearing reveals huge safety lapses
Early on May 22, an Air India flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed; 158 people were killed. The pilot had overshot the runway at Mangalore.(Read: 158 killed in crash, eight survivors)Now emerging - a huge point of concern - that the Air Traffic Control tower got to work just two minutes before the pilot touched down. (See Pics: Mangalore Ai...
