DGCA gives clean chit to SpiceJet, says no safety violation found

The aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) didn’t find “any major significant finding or safety violation,” when it carried out spot checks of SpiceJet aircraft after a series of air safety incidents were reported over the last two months, the aviation ministry said in the Parliament on July 25. “A series of spot checks were carried out recently on all operating aircraft of M/s Spicejet from 9th July 2022 to 13th July 2022. A total of 53 spot checks were carried out on 48 aircraft, which did not find any major significant finding or safety violation,” the aviation ministry told Rajya Sabha in a reply to a question. The DGCA asked the airlines to rectify the malfunctions in 10 of its aircraft and now all these aircraft are back in operation, the ministry added. The ministry further informed the Parliament that it had also carried out the regulatory audit of three scheduled airlines, including SpiceJet, as per published Annual Surveillance Programme (ASP) 2022. The ministry also clarified that in the SpiceJet flight that was diverted to Karachi on July 5, the crew did not declare an emergency nor was there any fuel leak in the aircraft.<br/>