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Business News/ News / India/  Delhi HC notice to Centre, DGCA, IndiGo, GoAir on plea seeking A320neo aircraft grounding
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Delhi HC notice to Centre, DGCA, IndiGo, GoAir on plea seeking A320neo aircraft grounding

Plea alleges that despite being aware of ‘significant technical issues with Airbus A320 Neo’, neither the aviation ministry nor the DGCA have taken any concrete steps to ground A320neo aircraft

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NEW DELHI : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Indigo and Go Airlines (India) Limited on a plea seeking grounding of entire fleet of faulty A320neo aircraft "in larger interest of public safety".

The petition is filed by a non-profit organization known as Air Passengers Association of India and is “proactive and constructive in participating in the successive stages of civil aviation reforms in India."

The plea says that as per a statement issued by DGCA on 28 August 2019 that several “significant technical issues" have been experienced in airbus A320 Neo aircraft fitted with PW1100G engines and DGCA had “clearly acknowledged the threat to passenger safety in so far as it asked airlines to log all cases of detection of odour or smoke in the cabin during operations, monitor and inspect engines in case of vibration.

The plea has alleged that despite being aware of "significant technical issues with Airbus A320 Neo", neither the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MCA) nor the DGCA have taken any concrete steps to ground these aircraft. MCA and the DGCA have only issued notices extending the timelines for carrying out the repairs or engine modifications by the airlines concerned, it added.

"It is submitted that respondent 1 (MCA) and 2 (DGCA) have repeatedly extended the timelines for modified versions of the Pratt and Whitney engines to be installed, instead of grounding the entire fleet of A320 Neo aircraft," The petition reads.

The petitioner has alleged that despite the safety risks being widely reported and being acknowledged internationally, Centre and DGCA have failed to ground the entire fleet of the faulty Airbus A320neo despite repeated assurances of being aware and conscious of the situation.

The petitioner has prayed for grounding of entire fleet of AirbusA320neo till modification of engine is not complete.It has also sought directions to the ministry and the aviation regulator to frame regulations to prevent situations of aircraft with faulty engines flying in the skies and for imposing sanctions on erring airlines.

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Published: 04 Mar 2020, 09:06 PM IST
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