A spate of incidents over the past few weeks has left the Indian air traveller apprehensive about safety. Arun Kumar, the Director General of Civil Aviation, spoke to Saurabh Sinha about these mid-air snags:
What is behind the recent spurt in mid-air snags?
The aviation minister has reiterated the thumb rule for every sector stakeholder when he said, “Passenger safety is paramount ... Even the smallest error hindering safety will be thoroughly investigated and course-corrected.” India currently sees about 3,500 daily flights operating in its airspace. On an average there are about 30 incidents everyday like go-arounds, missed approaches, diversions, medical emergencies, weather, technical issues, bird hits, runway incursions and ATC-induced. This information comes to us as part of the mandatory reporting system. Overall there is no spurt in incidents except that a couple of operators are facing some issues which we are seized of. A vast majority of the Indian aircraft fleet is relatively young.
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