The warning notice and an investigation report – the reviewed by both the Reuters – was not any way related to the accident of an Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft that killed one of the 242 people who killed everyone, and were sent on the day before that incident.

In the report, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said that in May, the spot check on three Air India Airbus aircraft found that they were operated despite mandatory inspections on the “important emergency equipment” of the migration slide.

In one case, the Watchdog found that the inspection of Airbus A320 jet was delayed more than a month before it was done on 15 May. The aeronav radar data suggests that the aircraft flew to international destinations such as Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah during the delay.

Another case, which included Airbus A319 used on domestic routes, showed that the checks were more than three months late, while one third showed a inspection delayed two days.

“The above cases indicate that the aircraft were operated with finished or rejected emergency equipment, which is a violation of standard air and safety requirements,” said in the DGCA report.

Air India “failed to submit timely compliance reactions to the deficiencies raised by DGCA,” more clearly, “weak procedural control and inspection,” said this.

Air India, which was handled by the Tata group from the government in 2022, said in a statement that it was “sharp” all the maintenance records, including the dates of the escape slide, and would complete the process in the coming days.

In a case, Air India said, the issue came to light when an engineer of AI engineering services “unknowingly deployed a escape slide during maintenance”.

DGCA and Airbus did not answer the questions of Reuters.

Check on escape slides “is a very serious issue. In case of accident, if they do not open, it can cause serious injuries,” said Vibhuti Singh, a former legal expert at the government’s aircraft accident investigation.

DGCA said in its report that the airworthiness certificates for the aircraft that recall the compulsory checks were considered “suspended”.

The warning notice and report was sent by Animesh Garg, a Deputy Director of Airwells in the Government of India, along with CEO Campbell Wilson, Air India as well as the airline’s continuous airwritten manager, quality manager and head of planning.

An Indian airline lawyer said that such violations usually attract monetary and civilian punishment on both individual authorities and airlines.

Wilson told Reuters last year that the lack of global parts was affecting most airlines, but the problem for Air India was “more intense” because its “product is clearly much more dated”, many aircraft were not refreshed because they were distributed in 2010-2011.

‘Systemic control failure’

Indian regulator, many abroad, often fined airlines for compliance laps. In February, India’s Junior Aviation Minister told Parliament that the authorities had warned or fined the airlines in 23 examples for security violations last year.

About half of them – 12 – include Air India and Air India Express, which includes a case for “unauthorized entry into the cockpit”. Air India was the largest fine on Air India for “insufficient oxygen on board” during a flight to San Francisco.

Last week’s accidents, the reasons that are still being investigated, will challenge Air India’s efforts to rebuild their image, after years of criticism from passengers for poor service.

Air India President N. Chandrasekaran said on Monday that employees should be a catalyst to create a safe airline to crash, so that the employees can be urged to remain firm between any criticism.

In its report, DGCA also said that registration in several Air India aircraft investigated by the authorities is paperwork. Air India told Reuters to everyone but an aircraft complied with such requirements and it “does not affect” for safety.

The DGCA investigation report described the airline as “insufficient internal inspection”.

“Despite the deficiencies of prior information and identity, the internal quality and planning departments of the organization failed to implement effective corrective action, indicating systemic control failure,” it said.

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