'Potential Risk': DGCA Issues Advisory To Airlines On Rudder System Issue In Boeing 737 Planes
DGCA issues advisory to airlines over Boeing 737 planes
equipped with Collins Aerospace SVO-730 rudder guidance system |
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Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday
issued an advisory to Indian airlines operating Boeing 737 planes
regarding the potential risk of a jammed rudder control system.
Aviation
regulator DGCA on Monday issued an advisory to Indian airlines
operating Boeing 737 planes regarding the potential risk of a jammed
rudder control system.
The move follows the recent probe
report by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that
highlighted safety concerns involving Boeing 737 aircraft lanes equipped
with Collins Aerospace SVO-730 Rudder Rollout Guidance Actuators.
Against
the backdrop of the potential risk of a jammed or restricted rudder
control system, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has
issued safety recommendations to the Indian carriers.
Currently,
Air India Express, Akasa Air and SpiceJet operate Boeing 737 planes.
DGCA said all flight crews are to be informed through a
circular/advisory regarding the possibility of a jammed or restricted
rudder control system.
“Appropriate mitigations must be communicated to help crews identify and handle such a situation,” it added.
Further,
all operators have been asked to conduct a safety risk assessment for
aircraft to evaluate and mitigate the risk associated with the rudder
control system.
The regulator also said that all Category
III B approach, landing, and rollout operations, including practice or
actual autoland, must be discontinued for these planes until further
notice. Category III B pertains to operations in low visibility
conditions.
Among other measures, airlines have been asked
to mandatorily include discussion about potential rudder control system
issues as a mandatory topic in recurrent training sessions.
It will also be included in the Instrument Rating/Proficiency Checks (IR/PPC) during pre-simulator briefings.
“Operators
have been instructed to include specific exercises in Recurrent
Training and IR/PPC that simulate scenarios involving a jammed or
restricted rudder control system, including rollout procedures.
“Appropriate flight crew responses and mitigations should be practised during these exercises,” the regulator said in a release.
DGCA
also said the interim measures aim to enhance safety and ensure that
flight crews are well-prepared to handle potential rudder control issues
effectively.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI)
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A little about this thread, wont go deep, boeing sucks. All its planes, except the one's in the US and EU are flying coffins. Search for boeing max 737 accidents. Hundreds of African and Asian, plus American people too, lost their levels. boeing got away by paying billions just to the american people and government. Now imagine if it was airbus or some indian company, the dod would have eaten it.