DNA SPECIAL: 'Had alerted DGCA about B737 Max 8 aircraft months ago': Advocate Yeshwant Shenoy

Mumbai | Thursday | 14th March, 2019

Summary:

Despite several attempts to reach out to DGCA on the email written by Shenoy over grounding B737 Max, DNA did not get any response. "India aviation regulator heavily relies on global aviation standards like EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) and FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) for setting its own safety standards. Why can't we follow the suit for this Boeing aircraft as well? "I was doing my research on Neo engines, during which I came across a documentary on a private news channel that had me interested in issues relating to aircraft safety. It took an aviation catastrophe killing 157 people for India to ban Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes when a city advocate had warned about issues with the aircrafts months ago..