Alaska Airlines incident: Checks on Boeing 737-8 Max planes satisfactory, says DGCA

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Update: 2024-01-08 07:50 GMT
A Boeing 737-8 Max plane in flight | Photo: Boeing

New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said the checks of Boeing 737-8 Max planes have been completed satisfactorily.

On Saturday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) directed domestic airlines to immediately carry out inspection of emergency exits of all Boeing 737-8 Max planes in their fleets as an "abundant precautionary measure" in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident.

"These checks have been satisfactorily performed on the fleet of operational fleet of Boeing B737-8 Max aircraft by Air India Express (4), Spicejet (8) and Akasa (20)," DGCA said in a statement.

Akasa Air fleet includes one B737-8200 aircraft which has a mid-cabin door on which the operational check has also been completed satisfactorily, it added.

On January 5, Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft was involved in an incident of an in-flight departure of a mid-cabin door plug which resulted in rapid decompression of the airplane. PTI 

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