Eyeing to bolster aviation and passenger safety in the wake of the Ahmedabad plane crash involving the London-bound Air India AI171 flight, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued an order on 19 June to launch a focused assessment of the country’s aviation ecosystem. This initiative, aimed at identifying potential safety gaps and enforcing corrective actions, saw two DGCA teams led by the Joint Director General carrying out extensive surveillance during night and early morning hours at key airports, including those in Delhi and Mumbai, according to a statement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
