Adequate steps taken to prevent air mishaps: Govt

Government today said it has taken a number of measures including data analysis of aircraft accidents/incidents, audit of operators among others under its accident prevention programme to avert air mishaps in the country.
Accident/incident data is regularly analysed and based on it, air safety circulars are issued by the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to bring important observations and findings to the notice of operators to prevent the recurrence of the accidents, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
The Minister said the recommendations emanating from the accident/incident investigation reports are implemented to prevent such mishaps and added that as per the annual surveillance programme, audit of the operators are carried out.

Recommendations emanating from such reports are followed up with the operator for implementation and the compliance of the action taken by the operator is further verified during the next audit, he said.
"The Government appoints various Committees of Inquiry as per the provisions of Aircraft Rules 2012 to investigate the aircraft accidents on case to case basis," he said.
The reports submitted by these committees usually indicate technical and human factors as the probable causes of these accidents, the Minister said.

Sharma said steps taken by the government to ensure safety of passengers include implementation of recommendations emanating from investigation of aircraft accidents and incidents, dissemination of safety information among the operators, pilots, engineers and air traffic.

Besides, surveillance of various operators by flight operations inspectors is also carried out from time to time as well as a periodic regulatory audit of operators and maintenance organisations.
In addition, periodic spot checks are also conducted on the operations and maintenance activities of operators. Issuing of special operating precautions in poor weather conditions are other such measures taken by the government to make flying safe, he said.