After US regulator, DGCA tells airlines to inspect Boeing B737s in fleet

The Directorate General of Civial Aviation (DGCA), the country’s aviation regulator, has directed Indian airlines to inspect Boeing B737 aircraft in their fleet after the US aviation regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency directive in this matter on Friday.

Three Indian airlines — SpiceJet, Air India Express and Vistara — have B737 aircraft in their fleet.

The emergency directive was “prompted by four single-engine shutdowns” that happened due to compromised air check valves in the engines of the certain B737 aircraft, said the FAA in its emergency directive.

The FAA asked the airlines to inspect their B737 aircraft that had not flown for seven days or more and the ones that had operated not more than 10 flights after return to service.