After AI crash, DGCA tightens protocols for defect reporting
Published on: Nov. 27, 2025, 2:17 a.m. | Source: The Tribune
Months after Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed in Ahmedabad, claiming 260 lives, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has hardened the defect-reporting and airworthiness oversight regime, signalling that long-standing operational gaps in how airlines record, flag and act on technical snags can no longer be tolerated. The updated Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) draft regulation, rooted in Aircraft Rule 133A, brings sharper accountability to operators and maintenance organisations across the board, underlining that systemic lapses, not isolated failures, remain a pressing safety concern.
