737 Max’s grounding was bigger disaster for us than Covid: SpiceJet CMD
The grounding of the entire Boeing 737 Max aircraft fleet by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for over two years was a bigger disaster for SpiceJet than the impact of Covid-19, said Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh on Monday.
On March 13, 2019, all Max planes were grounded in India by the DGCA after two of them crashed abroad within a span of six months. This suspension was lifted on August 26, 2021, after Boeing made necessary rectifications in the aircraft.
During a session at CAPA India Aviation Summit 2023 on Monday, Singh said: “When the first plane crashed, we were told that it must be some pilot error. While that was still being investigated, there was the second crash.
