Ahmedabad plane crash: DGCA asks Air India for details on inspections, audits since 2024, reports | Today news

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) sought inspectors of flight operations to provide details on all inspections and audits conducted for Air India since 2024, sources said on Saturday. The details of the findings of the inspections and audits will have to be submitted by Sunday, they said, reports the news agency Pti. The DGCA sought these details for 2024 and 2025 (to date), in an e-mail communication that came a day after the aviation safety regulator issued a notice on the airline for airline for flight services (FDTL), the report states with reference to sources. The DGCA also ordered that the three senior airline officials be removed from their respective roles for certain dilapidated roles. According to the PTI report, the data was sought on planned and unplanned inspections, audit, cabin/boom, station facility, driveway and cabin inspection. The prescriptions come after an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed with 242 passengers and crew members shortly after the take -off on June 12, and killed more than 270 people on board and on the ground. DGCA recommends Air India to remove 3 officials. The DGCA has ordered Air India to be owned in Tata Group to remove three senior officials for scheduling and timetable of crew and a notice of the cause to the airline for violating FDTL norms, sources said on Saturday. In the June 20 order, the DGCA noted that the three officials, including a divisional president, were involved in ‘serious and repeated dilapidated, including unauthorized and non-compliant crew, the violation of mandatory licensing and review norms and systemic failures in the scheduling of protocol and reviews’. The DGCA has ordered the airline to start proceedings against these three officials without delay, the PTI report states. Air India said in a statement that he had recognized the regulator’s Richtly and implemented the order. “In the meantime, the company’s chief operating officer will provide direct supervision to the Integrated Operations Control Center (IOCC).” Air India is committed to ensuring that there is a total attachment of safety protocols and standard practices, “the airline said in a statement. Weapons (air route management system) is the software platform used by the airline for different operational and management, including crew, among others. Ahmedabad aircraft accident identified through DNA tests and 232 bodies were handed over to their families, officials said on Saturday.