KEEP CHECK
The situation of Indian aviation industry has lately turned very grim with almost all the airlines facing technical problems of the highest magnitude leading to frequent diversion of routes and emergency landings by their aircrafts within the country and even abroad. It has become imperative that the aviation regulatory body should take strict action otherwise things can become wary and even a big mishap cannot be ruled out. Already SpiceJet and Indigo airlines were facing trouble due to technical glitches in their aircrafts and now the GoAir has also got the jolt when two its aircrafts faced technical snags leading to change in routes and landing of the flights in the airports which were not in the itinerary. This is a very serious issue and the DGCA should not sit on this like a toothless body rather it should become proactive in ensuring safety and wellbeing of the passengers which chose to fly with these airlines. The rise in the instance of flights being diverted due to engineering problems is a critical matter and there is need that the concerned body should nag those responsible for these technical glitches leading to compromise on the safety of passengers. Reportedly, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has clamped down on GoAir and grounded both the airliners with immediate effect which was necessary also. The need of the time is to take strict action as allegedly the airlines adopt the shortcut methods to save money despite the fact that this can lead to dangerous consequences. The aircraft (VT-WGA) operating GoAir flight G8-386 departed Mumbai at 3.11 AM and was scheduled to land in Leh at 6.10 AM. Over an hour and half later the flight diverted from its route and circled over Rohtak for about 15 minutes before the pilots diverted the same to Delhi as the ‘engine interface unit’ of the right hand engine indicated a problem. Similarly, aircraft (VT-WJG) operating flight G8-6202 departed Srinagar for Delhi at 11.30 AM and landed back in just 20 minutes time as the exhaust gas temperature of the right hand side engine showed an over limit. This is not the small thing as continuously the airlines are facing similar situations but the people sitting at helm are not ready to move a bit. This kind of attitude of the airlines is uncalled for because there is the matter of life of passengers, crew members and of course the people living on ground. Though DGCA has given July 28 as the last date for handling the entire spectrum related to flight safety or else strict action will follow. It has also been decided that from July 28, only flight maintenance engineers will check the status of aircraft before giving the nod for flying. Hopefully these measures will be adequate for promising a safe journey to people and they will reach upto their destinations with any hassle.