India's civil aviation regulator has found so far that it has not acknowledged any serious safety concerns in the Air India Boeing 787 Fleet.
The DGCA said it discussed the findings so far in a meeting with senior Air India and Air India Express staff after the June 12 accident involving 787-8 at Air Medabad.
Recent Surveillance of the Air India 787 Fleet – 33 aircraft, a mixture of the -8S and -9S, stated that it “did not reveal any major safety concerns.” Four of the 33 are undergoing maintenance at various MRO stations.
“We have found that aircraft and related maintenance systems are in compliance with existing safety standards,” the regulator adds.
24 people in 787 have completed the required checks, and the other three will be tested around June 18th, with the remaining six people expected to finish.
Two of these six are aircraft for Delhi aircraft, and the DGCA states that it has carried out “after the declaration of service before returning to service.”
The broader surveillance programme expressed concerns about maintenance-related delays in flag carriers.
“(Air India) recommended that we enhance internal coordination across engineering, operations and ground processing units, reduce passenger delays resulting from such issues and ensure the availability of appropriate spares to strictly adhere to regulations,” says DGCA.
We recommend implementing a “more systematic, real-time defect reporting mechanism” to ensure operational and safe departments “receive timely updates.”
