Aircraft snags: DGCA conducts spot checks, finds insufficient engineering staff certifying planes

They also found that there has been an "increasing trend of MEL (minimum equipment list) releases" of aircraft, it said.

Aircraft snags: DGCA conducts spot checks, finds insufficient engineering staff certifying planes

With airlines reporting multiple technical malfunction incidents, aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said it conducted spot checks and found that there is an insufficient number of engineering personnel certifying planes of various carriers before their departure.

Before each departure, an aircraft is checked and certified by an aircraft maintenance engineer (AME). The DGCA has now issued guidelines for airlines on the deployment of AME personnel and directed them to comply by July 28.