DGCA Says Checks of Boeing 737-8 Max Planes Completed Satisfactorily
NTSB investigator-in-charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 after a panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out shortly after takeoff. (Image: AP Photo)
DGCA had directed domestic airlines to immediately carry out inspection of emergency exits of all Boeing 737-8 Max planes in their fleets on Saturday
Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said the checks of Boeing 737-8 Max planes have been completed satisfactorily. On Saturday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) directed domestic airlines to immediately carry out inspection of emergency exits of all Boeing 737-8 Max planes in their fleets as an “abundant precautionary measure” in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident.
“These checks have been satisfactorily performed on the fleet of operational fleet of Boeing B737-8 Max aircraft by Air India Express (4), Spicejet (8) and Akasa (20),” DGCA said in a statement.
Akasa Air fleet includes one B737-8200 aircraft which has a mid-cabin door on which the operational check has also been completed satisfactorily, it added.
On January 5, Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft was involved in an incident of an in-flight departure of a mid-cabin door plug which resulted in rapid decompression of the airplane.
NTSB investigator-in-charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 after a panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out shortly after takeoff. (Image: AP Photo)
DGCA had directed domestic airlines to immediately carry out inspection of emergency exits of all Boeing 737-8 Max planes in their fleets on Saturday
Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said the checks of Boeing 737-8 Max planes have been completed satisfactorily. On Saturday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) directed domestic airlines to immediately carry out inspection of emergency exits of all Boeing 737-8 Max planes in their fleets as an “abundant precautionary measure” in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident.
“These checks have been satisfactorily performed on the fleet of operational fleet of Boeing B737-8 Max aircraft by Air India Express (4), Spicejet (8) and Akasa (20),” DGCA said in a statement.
Akasa Air fleet includes one B737-8200 aircraft which has a mid-cabin door on which the operational check has also been completed satisfactorily, it added.
On January 5, Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft was involved in an incident of an in-flight departure of a mid-cabin door plug which resulted in rapid decompression of the airplane.
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