The recent checks conducted on Air India’s Boeing 787 aircraft fleet after the plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 did not reveal major safety concerns, the said on Tuesday amid the cancellation of several flights.
“The aircraft and associated maintenance systems were found to be compliant with existing safety standards,” the civil aviation regulator said after a meeting with Air India and Air India Express officials.
On Tuesday, Air India cancelled 16 flights that were to use wide-body planes. Of these, 13 were scheduled to use Boeing 787 aircraft, the regulator said.
Since the June 12 crash, 83 flights operated on wide-body aircraft such as the 787 Dreamliner and have been cancelled, The Hindu quoted the regulator as saying. Of these, 66 were to use 787s.
The delays and non-availability of aircraft for some flights on Tuesday were due to enhanced safety inspections mandated by the DGCA and in West Asia, The Indian Express quoted unidentified officials as saying.
Two hundred and forty-two persons were aboard the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft – enroute to London’s Gatwick airport from Ahmedabad – just after taking off on June 12. Only one passenger survived with “”.
The aircraft’s crash into the hostel building of the BJ Medical College also killed at least on the ground....
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