Lok Sabha Question No. 817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Disruptions in Flight Operations
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 817

(To be answered on the November 2019) 21st

## DISRUPTIONS IN FLIGHT OPERATIONS

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether some of the airlines witnessed four air turn backlinflight shut down recently leading to serious concern and disruption in the flight operation and if s0, the details thereof;
- are Whitney engines, airlines-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that airlines which disrupted were operating on Pratt and Whitney (P&W) engines and if the details thereof; (c) the details of Indian airlines which operating on older Pratt and got SO,
- (d) whether the Government/ Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed all the airlines Pratt and Whitney engines to it by 31st January; 2020 following a series of recent incidents; and using replace
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the response of the airlines companies in this regard?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. During the month of October and November 2019 (till 15.11.2019), 06 cases of air turn backlinflight shut down were reported by Indian scheduled airlines on aircraft fitted with Pratt and Whitney (P&W) 1100 G engines on Airbus A 320 Neo aircraft: There was n0 consequential damage to aircraft and no injuries to any person onboard the aircraft was reported for the 06 such cases. The detaiis of occurrences are at Annexure: (c) to (e) Two (02) Indian scheduled airlines operate aircrafts fitted with P & W 1100 G engines. The number of such aircraft operated by these two airlines is as under:

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In light of recent cases of inflight shutdown in Indigo fleet, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed the airlines to replace all unmodified engines with modified engines by 3lst Jan 2020. In the interest of airlines flying 4320 fitted with Pratt Whitney (P&W) engines have been asked to operate only those aircraft which have at least one modified engine: DGCA is continuously monitoring the implementation of these directives. safety,

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