Air India flew aircraft with lapsed airworthiness certificate; DGCA orders probe & grounds the plane
NEW DELHI: Air India has yet again earned regulatory ire, this time for operating eight commercial flights on an aircraft with a lapsed “airworthiness review certificate” (ARC). The regulator has ordered the aircraft to be grounded and initiated a probe into this lapse. Flying an aircraft without an airworthiness certificate means potentially endangering everyone on board.
“Concerned personnel have been de-roaster with immediate effect pending investigation. On the instructions of DGCA, Air India is carrying out an internal investigation to identify deficiencies in their system and put corrective measures in place to prevent such failures from occurring in future,” the regulator said in a statement.
