HC seeks DGCA, Centre stand on plea to ground A320neos with P&W engines
The Delhi High Court Friday sought responses of the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on a plea seeking grounding of all Airbus 320 Neo aircraft fitted with the troubled Pratt and Whitney engines.
A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani asked the DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to indicate their stand on the issue by August 8, saying there have been several instances recently of problems with Airbus Neo 320 planes flying on this specific engine.
On April 2, a Pune-Nagpur flight of IndiGo — an Airbus A320 Neo — was grounded soon after take-off due to “excessive engine vibrations”. This, according to industry sources, was the sixth such incident in the past two weeks.
