U.N. body’s audit of Indian aviation sector delayed
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‘We sought postponement of the exercise slated for June due to COVID-19,’ says official
The United Nation’s aviation security watchdog, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), is predicted to conduct a security audit of the Indian aviation sector ‘in a few months’, a senior authorities official mentioned.
“The audit was scheduled for June, but we sought postponement due to the severity of the second wave of COVID-19,” the official mentioned.
The ICAO audits the aviation security and aviation safety oversight capacities of its 193 Member-States. These cowl laws, sources and different capacities which State governments set up to successfully implement the ICAO’s Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs). There are eight audit areas which embrace plane operations, airworthiness of civil plane, aerodromes, air navigation providers and accident and critical incident investigations, amongst others.
“We expect to improve our performance after the passage of the Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which gives statutory powers to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. We have also implemented the ICAO’s recommendation to make the DGCA the licensing authority for Air Traffic Control Officers,” the official added.
2018 audit
The ICAO had carried out the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme for India in February 2018. The audit consequence confirmed that the nation’s rating declined to 57.44% from 65.82% earlier, putting India under Pakistan, Nepal and plenty of different nations.
However, subsequently, the Civil Aviation Ministry and the aviation regulator DGCA took corrective steps, following which the rating improved to 74.
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