Spurt in snags: DGCA starts 2-month-long special audit of airlines

Aviation regulator DGCA has started a 2-month-long special audit of airlines after its spot checks earlier this month found that insufficient and unqualified engineering personnel are certifying carriers’ planes before their departure, officials said.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) conducted the spot checks as there have been many technical malfunction incidents in Indian carriers’ planes during the last 45 days.