September 21, 2018 1:04 PM

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Suresh Prabhu orders safety audit of all airlines, airports

<h3><br />''</h3>Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has ordered a safety audit of all scheduled airlines and airports, amid recent incidents related to the safety of passengers. AIR correspondent reports, the Minister has directed officials concerned to immediately prepare a comprehensive safety audit plan, which involves assessment of safety parameters of all scheduled airlines, aerodromes, flying training schools and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Organisations.<br />''<br />''<br />'' The development assumes significance as it comes on a day when at least 30 passengers on a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Jaipur suffered nose and ear bleeding after the crew forgot to turn on a switch that controls cabin air pressure. The Minister has also ordered a probe into the Jet Airways flight incident.<br />''<br />

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