DGCA suspends Air India's simulator licence

The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the licence for Air India's Boeing simulator training centre in Mumbai over an unspecified regulatory lapse, the PTI news agency has reported. While the details of the shortcoming were not disclosed, sources said a routine DGCA audit revealed discrepancies in the certification of instructors who operate the simulators. All training, including recurrence checks, at the facility have since been halted. Air India did not respond to ch-aviation's request for comment. The Mumbai training centre is the smaller of two simulator facilities owned by Air India, with the larger one being the Central Training Establishment (CTE) in Hyderabad.<br/>