The Boeing 737 MAX being operated by SpiceJet will finally be grounded by early evening today, said senior officials in the aviation regulator.
“While the groundings were ordered, there is a time given for last-minute exigencies. An aircraft has to return to base, if it was at some international station. Aircraft are to be brought back to maintenance hangers because an aircraft requires maintenance even when it’s grounded,” said a senior DGCA official, who did not want to be identified.
He added that the European regulators might have informed airlines much before announcing the grounding of aircraft. “That is the reason why airlines in Europe were able to ground the aircraft immediately,” said the official.
