Around 30 flight incidents occur per day in India, majority have no safety implications: DGCA chief

About 30 flight incidents happen every day in the country and a majority of them have no safety implications, Arun Kumar, chief of aviation regulator DGCA, said on Wednesday. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a show-cause notice Wednesday to SpiceJet after its planes had eight technical malfunctions over the past 18 days.

In a statement on Wednesday, Kumar said: “On an average, about 30 incidents do take place, which includes go around, missed approaches, diversion, medical emergencies, weather issues, bird hits, runway incursion, runway excursion et al.” “Most of them have no safety implications. On the contrary, they are sine qua non (essential condition) of a robust safety management system,” he added.

In its show-cause notice to SpiceJet, the DGCA said the airline has failed to “establish safe, efficient and reliable air services” under the terms of Rule 134 and Schedule XI of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.

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