DGCA orders urgent checks on Max aircrafts after Alaska Airlines incident
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday asked Indian carriers to immediately inspect the emergency exits of their B737-8 Max aircraft as a precautionary measure following the Alaska Airlines incident on Friday.
Air India Express, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air have B737-8 Max aircraft in their fleet in the country.
An emergency exit door of Alaska Airlines’s B737-9 Max aircraft – which was en route from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California – blew out soon after takeoff, forcing the plane to conduct an emergency landing back in Portland on Friday evening.
