DGCA implements new rules for powered hang gliders to enhance safety
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has implemented new regulations regarding operations and security of powered hang gliders.
On October 7, an infiltrator of Hamas, a terror group, used a motorised hang glider to enter Israel.
The revised regulations read that no person shall fly a Powered Hang Glider without being authorised by a DGCA approved examiner or instructor. The examiner or instructor shall be a person who has done 50 hours on Powered Hang Glider and has at least 10 hours on dual machine. Such approved examiner or instructor shall check out and authorize other persons to fly.
