DGCA checks cover 280 aircraft cabin in a week; find cracked toilet seat, missing handrest
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) recent decision to inspect cabin of aircraft being used by Indian carriers during night parking — first reported by TOI on May 5 — and random spot checks is leading to discovery of many deficiencies on some birds due to lack of timely repairs and replacements.
DGCA’s findings include an aircraft lav not marked unserviceable despite a cracked toilet seat, broken armrests and a “transparent tape arrangement” on one seat to fill in for a missing armrest. It also found 6 infant life vests kept in a bag meant for life vests for adults.
DGCA teams have between May 2 and 8, 2022, inspected 112 aircraft — 50 of SpiceJet and 62 of other Indian carriers — and carried out spot checks on an additional 168 aircraft — 100 of SpiceJet; IndiGo (18); Vistara (17); Air India (11); GoAir (10); AirAsia India (9); Alliance Air (2) and Flybig (1).
