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India is one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, but the June crash of an Air India jetliner has intensified scrutiny of safety standards
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The top court also took exceptions to reports saying pilots of the ill-fated aircraft deliberately switched off the fuel supply before the crash
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Late Air India Captain Sumeet Sabharwal's father Pushkaraj Sabharwal demanded a new formal investigation into the crash
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The lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Delaware Superior Court blames Boeing and Honeywell, which made the switches, for the crash seconds after Flight 171 took off for London from Ahmedabad
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In a letter to the civil aviation secretary and AAIB Director General, 91-year-old Pushkaraj said that selective leaks about the accident have led to speculation that Sumeet (56) was under tremendous psychological pressure and therefore was contemplating committing suicide.
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'In the short term, increased transparency naturally results in more news coverage, but with over 1,200 departures every day — nearly one every minute — across the Air India Group, the incidence rate is entirely normal given the airline’s scale and size,' CEO Campbell Wilson said.
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An eagle struck the nose of the aircraft while taxiing on the runway for takeoff and the flight was cancelled.
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Akasa Air continues to see high occupancy levels
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The fall in air passenger traffic also came against the backdrop of the fatal Air India Ahmedabad-London Gatwick plane crash on June 12 in which 260 people were killed.
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The DGCA in June this year issued a show-cause notice to the airline for breaching the "flight duty time limitation" of the crew during two long-haul flights between Bengaluru and London on May 16 and 17.
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It said that the suspension is primarily driven by the planned shortfall in Air India’s fleet, as the airline commenced retrofitting 26 of its Boeing 787-8 aircraft last month.
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In a release, the airline said bookings are open until August 15 for travel from August 19, 2024, to March 31, 2026
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Mumbai airport authorities and airline staff are working to ease passenger movement and minimise further disruption.
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The retrofit of all legacy 27 A320 neo aircraft will be completed by September 2025
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"If you want some regulatory mechanism in place, then why did you not make other airlines as party in your petition? Why only Air India?" the bench asked the petitioner.
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India, one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, is wrestling with a shortage of experienced pilots
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CEO Campbell Wilson wrote letters to members of 'Maharaja Club', apprising them of the safety measures the airline has taken after the unfortunate A1171 crash in Ahmedabad
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The airline is preparing to take on pre-flight and daily aircraft inspections, minor repair work and other troubleshooting activities from state-owned AI Engineering Services
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Air India did not provide details such as the number of people on board the aircraft, the type of aircraft or even the time the now-grounded flight was scheduled to take off from Bhubaneswar.
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According to Bengaluru airport sources, flight IX 2718 operating from Bengaluru to Kolkata reported a technical issue shortly after takeoff and returned to KIA
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The aircraft, which was preparing for departure, halted the process as a precautionary measure.
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Two decades after its maiden flight, regulatory bulletins ordering repairs, inspections or replacement parts for the massive four-engined plane are piling up
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In recent times, Air India has come under the scanner of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for various lapses
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An Air India flight to Mumbai made an emergency return to Jaipur 18 minutes after takeoff due to a technical snag.
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The Tata-owned airline's flight 171 crashed near Ahmedabad airport just after take off
