February 3, 2017 6:35 PM

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Nearly 50 per cent rise in air safety violations by crew in 2016: DGCA

The aviation regulator DGCA has said that there were 422 air safety violations by the crew of various air operators this year, a rise of nearly 50 per cent from last year, resulting in de-rostering of 42 pilots besides suspension of 272 crew members. In addition, 108 crew members were issued warnings. <br/><br/>According to Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA, private carrier Jet Airways along with its subsidiary JetLite had the highest number of enforcement actions – 116 initiated against its crew. It was followed by SpiceJet and Air India with 101 and 61 instances of safety breach, respectively. <br/><br/>The number of enforcement action against IndiGo stood at 55.'Meanwhile, the UN aviation monitoring body, International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, will soon carry out a comprehensive audit of India's aviation safety audit. Last time ICAO had conducted such an audit in 2015.

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