The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has given airport operators in India seven days to fix critical safety issues after inspections found lapses at major airports.
Following the Air India plane crash earlier this month, the agency initiated a focused assessment of the aviation ecosystem to strengthen safety measures across the sector.
“All the findings observed during the surveillance have been communicated to the concerned operators for taking necessary corrective actions within seven days. This process of comprehensive surveillance will continue in future to detect hazards in the system,” the regulator said in a notice on Tuesday.
Two teams led by the Joint Director General carried out comprehensive surveillance during night and early morning hours at major airports including in Delhi and Mumbai, it added.
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