New Delhi: The Government of India will not be grounding the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners just now, but the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered intensified safety inspections of the aircraft.
Similar inspections will also have to be carried out on Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Air India operates both 787-8 and 787-9 Dreamliners.
This order comes in the wake of Thursday’s air crash, involving a 787-8 Dreamliner, in Ahmedabad. As many as 265 deaths have been reported so far. Of those killed, 241 were in the aircraft. The remaining were on the ground.
According to the DGCA notification, with the subject ‘Enhanced Safety Inspection on Boeing 787-8/9 fleet of M/s Air India’, the airliner has been directed to carry out following additional maintenance actions on B787-8/9 aircraft equipped with Genx engines with immediate effect in coordination with the concerned regional DGCA offices:
1. One time check before departure of flight from India w.e. 15.06.2025. (00:00) Hrs onwards.
a) Inspection of Fuel Parameter Monitoring and associated system checks.
b) Inspection of Cabin air compressor and associated systems.
c) Electronic Engine Control- System Test.
d) Engine Fuel Driven Actuator-Operational Test and oil system check.
e) Serviceability check of Hydraulic system.
f) Review of Take-off parameters.
2. ‘Flight Control Inspection’ to be introduced in transit inspection till further notice.
3. Power assurance checks to be carried out within two weeks.
4. Closure of maintenance action based upon the review of repetitive snags during the last 15 days on B787-8/9 aircraft at the earliest.
The report of the above checks is to be submitted to DGCA for review.
