Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Aircraft and controls. FAA: India aviation safety standards are insufficient

New Delhi, India - The Indian civil aviation does not meet standards established by ICAO

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had downgraded the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) security systems from Category-I to Category-II last January. The American authority has recently conducted a new audit and will determine its rating in March 2015. But on December 16 New Delhi’s minister of civil aviation anticipated the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament o...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1164986
Rome, Italy, 12/17/2014 16:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

AccidentsB-737/400 cargo plane crashes near Vilnius Airport, Lithuania

At the origin, it seems, a pilot-tower communication error. One victim and one seriously injured

Residential building with 13 inhabitants on fire: tragedy narrowly avoided. The aircraft, operated by Swiftair on behalf of DHL, had taken off from Leipzig airport more

AirlinesGatwick (2). The terminal has also reopened to passengers

The post on X confirms it

The London-Gatwick Airport company has published a post on X that confirms: "The earlier security alert has now been resolved and cleared by police. The South Terminal is reopening to staff and will be... more

Civil aviationSolarig Spain invests €1.15 billion to produce SAF aviation fuel

New plant in Teruel, Aragon, with capacity of over 75,000 tons per year

Equivalent to 33,000 flight connections between Zaragoza and London (considering a 50% sustainable fuel mix) more