Hired aircraft violating safety norms: DGCA
With poll campaign in five states picking up, aviation regulator DGCA has expressed concern over safety rules being violated by helicopter and charter plane operators “time and again” and directed them to strictly adhere to norms and procedures.
In a bid to ensure safety of the VIPs flying by helicopter and small chartered aircraft, the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation has written to chief secretaries of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, providing them with a detailed list of dos and don’ts.
Safety teams of DGCA will soon visit these states for oversight inspections, officials said.
An analysis of earlier accidents involving small aircraft and helicopters have shown that “laid down instructions were violated time and again and safety was jeopardised,” the DGCA said in a latest circular on flying during election time.
The regulator has also asked the aircraft operators to submit flying programmes to the regional DGCA offices, the officials said.
