Memo shows regulators alerted Air India Express about engine fix delay

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An Indian government memo recently revealed that the country’s Aviation Regulator had failed to timely replace the engine parts on the Airbus in March, and to prove the compliance records by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

In response, Air India Express confessed to the surveillance and committed to the implementation of “treatment and precautions”, Reuters reported citing a statement made by the airline.

After a tragic incident in June, the airline suffered a growing scrutiny when the Boeing Dream Liner crash in Ahmedabad resulted in the death of 241 passengers, which marked one of the worst aviation catastrophe in a decade, which is still being investigated.

The dangerous thing is, before the accident, the issue was flagged by regulators on March 18.

In addition, Parent Company, Air India, was warned this year for serious violations about operating three airbus planes and pilot duty times with a slides check.

Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India, owned by the Tata Group. It has more than 115 aircraft and bees in more than 50 locations, including 500 flights daily.

In 2023, the European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency issued an air capabilities to deal with “potential unsafe condition” on CFM International LEP -1 engines, demanding to replace some components such as engine seals and rotating parts, which said some of the manufacturing.

The agency’s directive states that “this condition, if not corrected, could lead to failure of the affected parts, which could potentially release high -energy debris, which resulted in damage to the aircraft and reduced its control.”

The Indian government’s secret memo was sent to the airline in March, which was seen by Reuters, saying that the supervision of the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) has revealed that the amendment of these parts was “not complying” on the “Airbus A320 engine” within time.

The memo added, “To show that this work is done within the limits, the AMOS records have apparently changed/fake,” the memo used to refer to the aircraft maintenance and engineering operating system software by airlines to manage and manage air capabilities.

The memo added that “compulsory” amendment was needed on Air India Express’ VT-ATD aircraft. According to the Erno Radar website, the aircraft usually flys home routes and some international locations such as Dubai and Muscat.

It added, “The passage shows that the responsible manager has failed to ensure quality control.”

Air India Express told Reuters that its technical team lost the date of implementation for the change of parts due to the transfer of records to its monitoring software, and immediately after its identity fixed the issue.

He did not give compliance dates or did not directly resolved the DGCA’s comment on the changes in the records, but said that after the march memo, he took “necessary administrative steps”, which included removing the quality manager from his post and suspending the air -driven manager.

The DGCA and the European Safety Agency did not answer Reuters’ questions.

The joint venture between Airbus and CFM International, General Electric and Safran did not respond.

A source with a direct knowledge said that the break was first flagged during the DGCA audit in October 2024, and that the aircraft in question had traveled only a few trips after the CFM engine parts were understood.

“Such cases should be settled immediately,” said Wibhuti Singh, a former legal expert on the Indian plane crash.

The Indian government told Parliament in February that authorities had warned or fined the airlines in 23 incidents for safety violations last year. Three of them included Air India Express, and eight Air India.