DGCA bans Boeing 737 MAX from Indian airspace

NEW DELHI: India has banned overflying of Boeing 737 Max in its airspace from 4 pm on Wednesday, the same time in which SpiceJet was once told to ground its planes. While the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had ordered grounding of this aircraft with “speedy” impact simply after 11 pm on Tuesday, flight tracking sites showed SpiceJet B737 Max were still operating flights on Wednesday morning.



When asked about this, DGCA leader B S Bhullar told TOI: “This is to cater to eventualities where aircraft are to fly again to India or go to upkeep facility for parking. All Max shut down sooner than 4 pm on Wednesday.”

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Aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said: "As of now, All flights of #Boeing737Max have been grounded, before the deadline of 4 pm. We had a discussion with the airlines as to how they plan to reduce inconvenience to the passengers."

A senior DGCA legitimate said: “B737Max operations will stop from and to all Indian airports. Additionally no B737 Max aircraft shall be allowed to enter or transit the Indian airspace efficient 4 pm Indian time. The time line is to cater to eventualities where aircraft may also be situated at upkeep amenities and global flights can reach their destinations.”

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Twelve Boeing 737 Max of SpiceJet shall be grounded through 4 pm Wednesday. “Consequent to the regulatory directive at the Boeing 737 MAX, SpiceJet has already initiated grounding of its MAX fleet. In order to purpose least inconvenience to its passengers and likewise bring those aircraft to its upkeep base we expect to complete this workout on or sooner than 4 pm Wednesday. SpiceJet has at this time introduced cancellation of 14 flights for Wednesday and shall be operating additional flights from Thursday."

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Oman and the United Arab Emirates barred flights through Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on Tuesday following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner, closing down two key markets for the aeroplane at the Arabian Peninsula. Since the crash Sunday, regulators across the world have begun grounding the aircraft as an investigation into the crisis's purpose continues.

In a remark, SpiceJet said: "Consequent to the regulatory directive at the Boeing 737 MAX, SpiceJet has already initiated grounding of its MAX fleet. In order to purpose least inconvenience to its passengers and likewise bring those aircraft to its upkeep base we expect to complete this workout on or sooner than 4 pm Wednesday. SpiceJet has at this time introduced cancellation of 14 flights for Wednesday and shall be operating additional flights from Thursday. Of the 76 planes in our fleet, 64 aircraft are in operations and we are confident of minimizing the inconvenience to our passengers and attain normalcy in our operations.”

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“SilkAir shall be flying the Boeing 737 NG (new era) to Hyderabad and Bangalore instead of the Boeing 737 Max,” said a SIA spokesperson. Singapore's aviation authority has suspended “all variants of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft into and out of Singapore.”

"While a majority of passengers affected as a result of those cancellations had been accommodated through SpiceJet on trade flights, leisure had been presented a full-refund. Safety and safety of our passengers, workforce and operations are of maximum importance to us and we are intently operating with the regulator and manufacturer to unravel the matter,” the SpiceJet remark added.

On Tuesday evening, DGCA had said it had determined to “to ground the Boeing 737-MAX planes immediately. These planes shall be grounded till suitable adjustments and safety measures are undertaken to make sure their secure operations.” After this, SpiceJet had said that it “suspended Boeing 737 Max operations following DGCA's resolution to ground the aircraft.”

Despite the order of DGCA and remark through SpiceJet, flight tracking sites showed a number of of the airline’s B737 max operating. The Indian regulator’s order is effectively only for SpiceJet as it's the most effective Indian service with the B737 Max. Jet Airways has five B737 Max but they're on ground for a very long time, a lot sooner than Sunday’s crash of Ethiopian, because of non-payment of lease leases.

In a remark, the USA Federal Aviation Administration said it “continues to study broadly all available knowledge and combination safety performance from operators and pilots of the Boeing 737 MAX. Thus far, our review presentations no systematic performance problems and gives no foundation to reserve grounding the aircraft. Nor produce other civil aviation authorities supplied knowledge to us that might warrant motion. In the process our pressing review of knowledge at the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash, if any problems affecting the ongoing airworthiness of the aircraft are recognized, the FAA will take speedy and suitable motion.”