
Today, the fulfillment of the Parliamentary Permanent Committee for Transport, Tourism and Culture is planned. Consistency will be held in the Annex to the “Overall Review of Security in the Civil Aviation Sector”.
The meeting takes place almost a month after the Air India in Ahmedabad, which killed over 260 people. The panel is expected to ask the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Air India’s accident and overall air security problems. The panel may also want to recognize the probe in the accident by the Office for Investigation of Air accidents (AAIB).
The chairman of the panel is member Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Parliament Sanjay Jha. The secretary, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, is expected to attend today’s meeting.
At the beginning of this week, the press agency said that AAIB had submitted its preliminary report on the accident to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and other authorities concerned. The report is based on the initial findings of the ongoing investigation of the tragic incident.
June 12, one of the worst air disasters in India in decades, included the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner acting as Air India Flight AI171.
Of the 242 people on board, 241 were killed, while the total number of victims was 260, including the victims on Earth.
Day after PAC meeting
On 8 July, another parliamentary committee, Public Accounts CommitteeLeading MP KC Venugopal Congress asked about the expected timeline for an investigation report on the accident and analysis of the black boxes of the aircraft.
“This is an ongoing discussion on tariffs, flight tariffs … has also been discussed on the security aspect. All members are very interested in security questions. This will continue. As soon as they answer. We will meet again.
Lack of qualified people at the highest level
“We discussed the fare growth because we discussed the problem of post-coalgam and during the kumbho (increased fare) … The committee asked about clear fare and fair plays,” he said.
Former Minister of Civil Aviation and MP NCP PREFUL Patel, who is among the members of the committee, stressed that DGCA was well equipped, but needed more employees because “has a lack of qualified people at the highest level”.
“We discussed the fare growth because we discussed the problem of Pahalgam and during Kumbh (increased fare) … The committee asked about clear regulations about tariffs and fair play,” he added.
Former Minister of Civil Aviation and MP NCP PREFUL Patel, who is among the members of the committee, stressed that DGCA was well equipped, but needed more employees because “has a lack of qualified people at the highest level”.
DGCA was well equipped, but needed more employees because it has a lack of qualified people at the highest level.
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