Grounding of aircraft a technical matter, clear safety concern on engines: Jayant Sinha
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Jayant Sinha, MoS Aviation spoke about IndiGo and the safety concerns in the aviation sector.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Monday directed IndiGo and GoAir to ground as many as 11 A320neo aircraft functioning on Pratt and Whitney engines due to safety issues.
The decision came after an IndiGo A320neo VT-ITA flight witnessed an engine failure leading to an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport.
IndiGo owns eight of the 11 grounded aircraft, whereas, three were operated by GoAir.
“It is a technical matter. There is a clear safety concern that we have with these post 450 series engines. As you know, DGCA has issued an order that all these engines should be grounded”, Jayant Sinha, MoS Aviation told CNBC-TV18.
After DGCA’s order, IndiGo on Tuesday cancelled 47 of its flights across the domestic network. The cancelled flights were to take off from Delhi, Mumbai, , Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Patna, Srinagar, Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Srinagar and Guwahati.
Passengers were stranded across these cities after the last minute cancellations.
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KV Prasad Journo follow politics, process in Parliament and US Congress. Former Congressional APSA-Fulbright Fellow