Air Safety Lapses

There is a lot of "uninformed drivel" circulating on social media on matters relating to aviation safety is astounding, Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor said, requesting social media users to seek out for " informed, expert opinions" before coming to a

Four senior executives of IndiGo airline were issued show cause notices on Friday by the civil aviation watchdog DGCA after a special audit team of the aviation regulator found safety lapses, according to sources privy to the development.

In a major safety lapse, the Air Traffic Controller inadvertently gave instructions to one aircraft to continue taxiing, mixing the taxiway location with that of another plane that led to a near collision at Delhi airport on Tuesday, the Airport Authority of India has said.

The European Aviation Safety Agency had voiced concerns over Germany's "non-conformity" with air safety rules before the Germanwings air crash which killed 150 people, especially on air crew health monitoring, a spokesman told AFP Saturday.

Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which had come down heavily on Kingfisher and Air India Express for ignoring safety requirements, has also found serious lapses on part of other carriers on major counts.

Early on May 22, an Air India flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed; 158 people were killed.  The pilot had overshot the runway at Mangalore.(Read: 158 killed in crash, eight survivors)Now emerging - a huge point of concern - that the Air Traffic Control tower got to work just two minutes before the pilot touched down. (See Pics: Mangalore Ai...

There is a lot of "uninformed drivel" circulating on social media on matters relating to aviation safety is astounding, Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor said, requesting social media users to seek out for " informed, expert opinions" before coming to a

Four senior executives of IndiGo airline were issued show cause notices on Friday by the civil aviation watchdog DGCA after a special audit team of the aviation regulator found safety lapses, according to sources privy to the development.

In a major safety lapse, the Air Traffic Controller inadvertently gave instructions to one aircraft to continue taxiing, mixing the taxiway location with that of another plane that led to a near collision at Delhi airport on Tuesday, the Airport Authority of India has said.

The European Aviation Safety Agency had voiced concerns over Germany's "non-conformity" with air safety rules before the Germanwings air crash which killed 150 people, especially on air crew health monitoring, a spokesman told AFP Saturday.

Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which had come down heavily on Kingfisher and Air India Express for ignoring safety requirements, has also found serious lapses on part of other carriers on major counts.

Early on May 22, an Air India flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed; 158 people were killed.  The pilot had overshot the runway at Mangalore.(Read: 158 killed in crash, eight survivors)Now emerging - a huge point of concern - that the Air Traffic Control tower got to work just two minutes before the pilot touched down. (See Pics: Mangalore Ai...