DGCA orders enhanced checks for Air India Dreamliners after Ahmedabad Plane Crash
NEW DELHI: Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliners powered by General Electric GEnx engines will now operate under enhanced safety inspections. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued this directive a day after an AI Dreamliner’s (VT-ANB) accident. The aircraft crashed in Ahmedabad seconds after taking off for London. The crash killed 241 people onboard. It also killed several others in the building on the roof of which it had crashed. Regulators Direct Air India for Extra Tests As a “preventive measure,” the regulator has directed Air India. They must “carry out additional maintenance actions on B787-8/9 aircrafts equipped with…