Aviation Minister Scindia asks Indian airlines to ramp up safety amid rising incidents

Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia took a detailed report from the officials about incidents over the last one month and told them that there should be no compromise over passengers' safety.

Jyotiraditya Scindia (File Pic)

Amidst rising aviation incidents and technical malfunctions involving Indian carriers, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia held a meeting on safety issues with senior officials of his ministry and regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). During the meeting, the minister took a detailed report from the officials about these incidents over the last one month and told them that there should be no compromise over passengers' safety.

The meeting comes at a time when multiple flights have made emergency landings due to various reasons. On Sunday, IndiGo's Sharjah-Hyderabad flight was diverted to Karachi as a precautionary measure after pilots observed a defect in one of the engines.

On Saturday night, Air India Express's Calicut-Dubai flight was diverted to Muscat after a burning smell was observed in the cabin mid-air. A day earlier an alive bird was found in the cockpit of the Air India Express' Bahrain-Kochi flight.

SpiceJet is under regulatory scanner right now. On July 6, the DGCA issued a show-cause notice to SpiceJet following at least eight incidents of technical malfunction in its aircraft since June 19.

The DGCA is currently investigating all these incidents.

With PTI inputs