Lok Sabha Question No. 1853 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Flight Accidents/Incidents
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Umesh G. Jadhav, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, B. Y. Raghavendra, S. Muniswamy, Prathap Simha, Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya Mahaswamiji

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1853

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  28th July 2022 )

## FLIGHT ACCIDENTS&#47;INCIDENTS

## 1853.    SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE

SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA

SHRI S. MUNISWAMY

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA

SHRI SHA.BRA.DR.JAI SIDDESHWAR

SHIVACHARYA MAHASWAMIJI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  number of flight Accidents/incidents along with the type of incident, severity, airline and location for the last ten years, yearwise;
- (b)  the  status  of  the  investigation  into  the  rising  number  of  flight accidents/incidents in the month of June and July involving a few airlines;
- (c)  the  measures being taken by the Government to ensure safety protocols are followed during flying; and
- (d) whether there is a need to relook the licensing, safety and other guidelines in light of the increasing number of flight accidents/incidents over the years and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION      (Shri Jyotiraditya M&#46; Scindia)

- (a) The details of accidents/ serious incidents / incidents during the last  ten  years  in  respect  of  aircraft  operated  by  Indian  Scheduled airlines investigated by Aircraft Accident  Investigation  Bureau (AAIB)  and  Directorate  General  of  Civil  Aviation  (DGCA)  are  at
- Annexure.; (b)  No  accident /  serious  incident  to  Indian  scheduled  airlines  has been reported in the months of June and July 2022 (till 25.07.2022). However, 01 incident has been reported in the Month of July 2022 (till 25.07.2022). The investigation of this incident has been ordered as  per  the  Aircraft  (Investigation  of  Accidents  &  Incidents)  Rules, 2017.; (c)  The  details  of  measures  being  taken  by  DGCA  to  ensure adherence of safety protocols are as under:; (i)  There  is  a  systematic  safety  oversight  process  in  place  for monitoring the compliance of Rules and Civil Aviation Requirements. The safety oversight process includes surveillances, spot check and regulatory audits. In addition special audits are also carried out as per the risk perceived. (ii)  DGCA publishes Annual Surveillance Plan (ASP) on the website. Each  directorate  in  DGCA  conducts  surveillance/  spot  checks  in their respective technical areas as per the ASP. (iii) Findings of audits, surveillances & spot checks are followed up with the concerned operator for compliance. The observations are closed after due verification. Further the compliance of the action taken by  the operator is verified during the next audit/ surveillance. In  case  of  any  violations/  non-compliance  to  regulations  detected during audit/ surveillance, enforcement action is initiated by DGCA. (iv)  Spot  checks  and  surveillance  have  been  increased  and  during the period of 02.05.2022 to 13.07.2022, as a special drive 353 spot checks were undertaken by DGCA.; International requirements. Pilot and Air Traffic Controller licenses and rating are issued  in  accordance  with  Aircraft  Rules,  1937  which  are  in conformance  with  International  Civil  Aviation  Organization  (ICAO)
- (d) Safety  and  other  guidelines  are in line with Annex 1 on Personnel Licensing.

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Annexure

## Details of Accident, Serious Incident and Incident investigated by AAIB / DGCA from year 2013 to 2022 (till 25th July)

| Year                  |   Accidents |   Serious Incidents |   Incidents |
|-----------------------|-------------|---------------------|-------------|
| 2013                  |           0 |                   5 |           2 |
| 2014                  |           2 |                   7 |           4 |
| 2015                  |           4 |                   4 |           9 |
| 2016                  |           3 |                  11 |           8 |
| 2017                  |           1 |                  11 |          19 |
| 2018                  |           1 |                  17 |           5 |
| 2019                  |           1 |                  25 |           9 |
| 2020                  |           2 |                   9 |           6 |
| 2021                  |           4 |                   6 |           7 |
| 2022 (till 25th July) |           1 |                   4 |           5 |
| Total                 |          19 |                  99 |          74 |

## Detail of Accidents of Indian Scheduled Airlines Operators from year 2013 to 2022(till 25th July)

| S/N                  | Date                 | Place                | Operator              |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| 2013                 | 2013                 | 2013                 | 2013                  |
| Nil                  | Nil                  | Nil                  | Nil                   |
| 2014                 | 2014                 | 2014                 | 2014                  |
| 1                    | 05.01.2014           | Jaipur               | Air India             |
| 2                    | 06.11.2014           | Surat                | Spice Jet             |
| 2015                 | 2015                 | 2015                 | 2015                  |
| 1                    | 08.03.2015           | Hubli                | Spice Jet             |
| 2                    | 13.04.2015           | Khajuraho            | Jet Airways           |
| 3                    | 04.12.2015           | Jabalpur             | Spice Jet             |
| 4                    | 16.12.2015           | Mumbai               | Air India             |
| 2016                 | 2016                 | 2016                 | 2016                  |
| 1                    | 03.03.2016           | Mumbai               | Jet Airways           |
| 2                    | 07.05.2016           | Indore               | Jet Airways           |
| 3                    | 27.12.2016           | Goa                  | Jet Airways           |
| 2017                 | 2017                 | 2017                 | 2017                  |
| 1                    | 05.09.2017           | Cochin               | Air India Express     |
| 2018                 | 2018                 | 2018                 | 2018                  |
| 1                    | 12.10.18             | Trichy               | M/s Air India Express |
| 2019                 | 2019                 | 2019                 | 2019                  |
| 1                    | 01.07.19             | Mumbai               | Spice Jet             |
| 2020                 | 2020                 | 2020                 | 2020                  |
| 1                    | 14.06.2020           | Enroute              | Indigo                |
| 2                    | 07.08.2020           | Calicut              | Air India Express     |
| 2021                 | 2021                 | 2021                 | 2021                  |
| 1                    | 20.02.2021           | Vijayawada           | Air India Express     |
| 2                    | 07.06.2021           | Kolkata              | Vistara               |
| 3                    | 14.06.2021           | Hubli                | Indigo                |
| 4                    | 04.09.2021           | Bangalore            | Indigo                |
| 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July)  |
| 1                    | 01.05.2022           | Durgapur             | Spice Jet             |

## Detail of Serious Incident of Scheduled Airlines from 2013 to 2022(till 25th July)

|   S.No. | Date       | Place               | Airlines                  |
|---------|------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|    2013 | 2013       | 2013                | 2013                      |
|       1 | 09-03-2013 | Mumbai              | Indigo                    |
|       2 | 12-04-2013 | Mumbai              | Air India                 |
|       3 | 28-07-2013 | Tuticorin           | Spicejet                  |
|       4 | 02-09-2013 | Delhi               | Spicejet& Indigo          |
|       5 | 02-10-2013 | Delhi               | Go Air                    |
|    2014 | 2014       | 2014                | 2014                      |
|       1 | 05-01-2014 | Delhi               | Spicejet                  |
|       2 | 08-01-2014 | Hyderbad            | Spicejet                  |
|       3 | 30-01-2014 | Mumbai              | Air India                 |
|       4 | 07-06-2014 | Hyderabad           | Jet Airways               |
|       5 | 13-06-2014 | Bangalore           | Jet Airways               |
|       6 | 14-08-2014 | Delhi               | Jet Airways               |
|       7 | 21-08-2014 | Cochin              | Air India                 |
|    2015 | 2015       | 2015                | 2015                      |
|       1 | 14-01-2015 | Kolkata             | Jet Airways               |
|       2 | 15-02-2015 | Mumbai              | Air India                 |
|       3 | 07-05-2015 | Delhi               | Jet Airways               |
|       4 | 18-08-2015 | Cochin              | Jet Airways               |
|    2016 | 2016       | 2016                | 2016                      |
|       1 | 31-01-2016 | Delhi               | Air India Jet Airways     |
|       2 | 22-02-2016 | Mumbai              | Air India                 |
|       3 | 10-06-2016 | silchar             | Alliance Air              |
|       4 | 15-06-2016 | Bangalore           | Jet Airways               |
|       5 | 30-08-2016 | Heathrow            | Jet Airways               |
|       6 | 17-09-2016 | Tirupati            | Spice Jet                 |
|       7 | 02-11-2016 | Delhi               | Indigo & KLM Airways      |
|       8 | 10-11-2016 | Delhi               | Air India                 |
|       9 | 30-11-2016 | Mumbai              | Indigo & Kuwait airways   |
|      10 | 02-12-2016 | Nagpur              | Jet Airways& Alliance Air |
|      11 | 11-12-2016 | Kolkata             | Indigo & Silk Air         |
|    2017 | 2017       | 2017                | 2017                      |
|       1 | 22.01.2017 | Dhaka               | Jet Airways               |
|       2 | 16.04.2017 | Varanasi            | Air Asia & Indigo         |
|       3 | 21.04.2017 | Amsterdam           | Jet Airways               |
|       4 | 21.04.2017 | Delhi               | Jet Airways& Vistara      |
|       5 | 27.04.2017 | Kolkata - Hyderabad | Indigo                    |
|       6 | 09.06.2017 | 60 NMeast to Mumbai | Jet Airways& Go Air       |
|       7 | 09.06.2017 | Jammu               | Air India                 |

|    8 | 21.08.2017   | Mumbai             | Jet Airways& Air India   |
|------|--------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|    9 | 19.09.2017   | Mumbai             | Spicejet                 |
|   10 | 08.11.2017   | Delhi              | Spicejet                 |
|   11 | 24.11.2017   | Nagpur             | Spicejet                 |
| 2018 | 2018         | 2018               | 2018                     |
|    1 | 28.01.2018   | Nagpur             | Indigo & Emirates        |
|    2 | 07.02.2018   | Mumbai             | Vistara &Air India       |
|    3 | 28.03.2018   | Hyderabad          | Indigo                   |
|    4 | 23.04.2018   | Varansi            | Go Air& Indigo           |
|    5 | 21.05.2018   | Shirdi             | Alliance Air             |
|    6 | 10.07.2018   | Bangalore Airspace | Indigo                   |
|    7 | 21.05.2018   | Chennai Airspace   | Indigo & Indian Navy     |
|    8 | 03.08.2018   | Riyadh             | Jet Airways              |
|    9 | 07.09.2018   | Male               | Air India                |
|   10 | 20.09.2018   | Mumbai-Jaipur      | Jet Airways              |
|   11 | 01.09.2018   | Bangalore Airspace | Go Airlines              |
|   12 | 15.10.2018   | Mumbai             | Air India                |
|   13 | 15.10.2018   | Kolkata Airspace   | Indigo & Air Asia        |
|   14 | 07.11.2018   | Mumbai Airspace    | Jet Airways& Air India   |
|   15 | 06.12.2018   | Indore             | Jet Airways              |
|   16 | 10.12.2018   | Kolkata            | Indigo                   |
|   17 | 19.10.2018   | Hongkong           | Air India                |
| 2019 | 2019         | 2019               | 2019                     |
|    1 | 03.01.2019   | Chennai            | Indigo                   |
|    2 | 21.01.2019   | Lucknow            | Indigo                   |
|    3 | 26.01.2019   | Diu                | Alliance Air             |
|    4 | 07.03.2019   | Lucknow            | Go Air                   |
|    5 | 01.04.2019   | Jaipur             | Indigo                   |
|    6 | 02.04.2019   | Pune               | Indigo                   |
|    7 | 24.03.2019   | Guwahati           | Indigo                   |
|    8 | 29.04.2019   | Shirdi             | Spice Jet                |
|    9 | 29.06.2019   | Delhi              | Indigo                   |
|   10 | 30.06.2019   | Mangalore          | Air India Express        |
|   11 | 30.06.2019   | Surat              | Spice Jet                |
|   12 | 04.07.2019   | Lucknow            | Vistara                  |
|   13 | 15.07.2019   | Amritsar           | Vistara                  |
|   14 | 27.08.2019   | Hyderabad          | Indigo                   |
|   15 | 15.07.2019   | Goa                | Indigo                   |
|   16 | 19.08.2019   | Guwahati           | Indigo                   |
|   17 | 08.09.2019   | Varanasi           | Indigo                   |
|   18 | 24.10.2019   | Kolkata            | Indigo                   |
|   19 | 25.10.2019   | Mumbai             | Indigo                   |
|   20 | 26.10.2019   | Delhi              | Indigo                   |
|   21 | 30.10.2019   | Mumbai             | Indigo                   |
|   22 | 08.11.2019   | Raipur             | Air India                |
|   23 | 11.11.2019   | Bangalore          | Go Air                   |
|   24 | 22.12.2019   | Mumbai             | Go Air                   |
|   25 | 23.12.2019   | Guwahati           | Go Air                   |

| 1                    | 07.01.2020           | Delhi                | GO Airways                      |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2                    | 20.01.2020           | Hyderabad            | Spice Jet                       |
| 3                    | 25.01.2020           | Delhi FIR            | Indigo & Uzbekistan Airways     |
| 4                    | 15.02.2020           | Pune                 | Air India                       |
| 5                    | 27.02.2020           | Varanasi Area        | Spicejet                        |
| 6                    | 29.02.2020           | Delhi Area           | Indigo & Air Asia               |
| 7                    | 06.08.2020           | Delhi                | Indigo                          |
| 8                    | 28.08.2020           | Cochin               | Qatar Airways& Spicejet         |
| 9                    | 13.11.2020           | Chennai              | Air India                       |
| 2021                 | 2021                 | 2021                 | 2021                            |
| 1                    | 29.01.2021           | Mumbai               | Air Asia & Indigo               |
| 2                    | 07.09.2021           | Seychelles           | M/s Spice Jet                   |
| 3                    | 05.10.2021           | Mumbai               | M/s Air India &M/s Pinnacle Air |
| 4                    | 24.10.2021           | Belgavi              | M/s Spice Jet                   |
| 5                    | 22.11.2021           | Gorakhpur - Delhi    | M/s Spice Jet                   |
| 6                    | 17.11.2021           | Ahemdabad - Patna    | M/s Spice Jet                   |
| 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July)            |
| 1                    | 07.01.2022           | Bangalore            | Indigo                          |
| 2                    | 21.03.2022           | Mumbai               | Indigo/ Air Aisa                |
| 3                    | 12.03.2022           | Jabalpur             | Alliance Air                    |
| 4                    | 17.05.2022           | Chandigarh           | Indigo                          |

## Details of Incidents to Scheduled Airline Operator classified under Rule 13 (1) of the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules from 2013 to 2022 (till 25th July)

|   S/N | Date       | Place            | Operator                       |
|-------|------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
|  2013 | 2013       | 2013             | 2013                           |
|     1 | 12.09.2013 | Bangalore        | Indigo                         |
|     2 | 12.10.2013 | Bangalore        | Air India                      |
|  2014 | 2014       | 2014             | 2014                           |
|     1 | 08.03.2014 | Kathmandu        | Indigo                         |
|     2 | 08.05.2014 | Hubli            | Spice Jet                      |
|     3 | 13.07.2014 | Newark           | Air India                      |
|     4 | 08.08.2014 | Turkish Airspace | Jet Airways                    |
|  2015 | 2015       | 2015             | 2015                           |
|     1 | 23.02.2015 | Ahmedabad        | Vistara                        |
|     2 | 25.02.2015 | Jaipur-Bangalore | Air-Asia                       |
|     3 | 17.03.2015 | Hyderabad        | Spice jet                      |
|     4 | 14.07.2015 | Kolkata          | Indigo                         |
|     5 | 07.09.2015 | Delhi            | Air India                      |
|     6 | 07.07.2015 | Leh              | Jet Airways                    |
|     7 | 17.11.2015 | Madurai          | Spice jet                      |
|     8 | 22.12.2015 | Kolkata          | Alliance Air                   |
|     9 | 09.11.2015 | Chennai          | Air India                      |
|  2016 | 2016       | 2016             | 2016                           |
|     1 | 05.01.2016 | Mumbai-Bangkok   | Jet Airways                    |
|     2 | 27.02.2016 | Jaipur           | Indigo                         |
|     3 | 19.03.2016 | Mumbai           | Spice jet                      |
|     4 | 30.06.2016 | Srinagar         | Air India                      |
|     5 | 22.08.2016 | Delhi            | Indigo                         |
|     6 | 03.12.2016 | Hyderabad        | Jet Lite                       |
|     7 | 14.12.2016 | Raipur           | Indigo                         |
|     8 | 27.12.2016 | Delhi            | Indigo                         |
|  2017 | 2017       | 2017             | 2017                           |
|     1 | 21.01.2017 | Mumbai           | Indigo                         |
|     2 | 01.02.2017 | Delhi            | Indigo and Jet Airways         |
|     3 | 08.02.2017 | Delhi            | Go-Air                         |
|     4 | 16.02.2017 | Mumbai-London    | Jet Airways                    |
|     5 | 27.02.2017 | Delhi-Cochin     | Air India                      |
|     6 | 10.03.2017 | Ahmedabad-London | Air India                      |
|     7 | 27.04.2017 | Delhi-Hong Kong  | Jet Airways                    |
|     8 | 12.05.2017 | Delhi-Pune       | Air India                      |
|     9 | 07.05.2017 | Delhi            | Jet Airways                    |
|    10 | 21.06.2017 | Delhi            | Go Air                         |
|    11 | 16.07.2017 | Mangalore        | Air India Express              |
|    12 | 22.07.2017 | Kolkata-Mumbai   | Air India                      |
|    13 | 08.08.2017 | Delhi            | Air India & Ethiopian Airlines |
|    14 | 04.08.2017 | Calicut          | Spice jet                      |

| 15                   | 21.08.2017           | Mumbai               | Air India            |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 16                   | 29.08.2017           | Mumbai               | Jet Airways          |
| 17                   | 29.09.2017           | Chennai              | Air India            |
| 18                   | 04.10.2017           | Surat                | Air India            |
| 19                   | 13.10.2017           | Hyderabad            | Indigo               |
| 2018                 | 2018                 | 2018                 | 2018                 |
| 1                    | 16.03.2018           | Bangalore            | Spice jet            |
| 2                    | 19.04.2018           | Amritsar-Delhi       | Air India            |
| 3                    | 10.07.2018           | Mumbai               | Air India Express    |
| 4                    | 16.07.2018           | Kolkata              | Air India            |
| 5                    | 28.11.2018           | Stockholm            | Air India            |
| 2019                 | 2019                 | 2019                 | 2019                 |
| 1                    | 05.01.2019           | Kolkata              | Air India            |
| 2                    | 03.02.2019           | Male                 | Indigo               |
| 3                    | 10.02.2019           | Muscat               | Air India Express    |
| 4                    | 15.02.2019           | Bagdogra             | Air Asia             |
| 5                    | 25.02.2019           | Chennai-Kolkata      | Vistara              |
| 6                    | 06.03.2019           | Delhi-Frankfurt      | Air India            |
| 7                    | 02.07.2019           | Kolkata              | Spicejet             |
| 8                    | 02.07.2019           | Mumbai               | Spicejet             |
| 9                    | 19.08.2019           | Delhi                | Alliance Air         |
| 2020                 | 2020                 | 2020                 | 2020                 |
| 1                    | 28.08.2020           | Enroute              | Air India            |
| 2                    | 23.09.2020           | Mumbai               | SpiceJet             |
| 3                    | 13.11.2020           | Enroute              | Spicejet             |
| 4                    | 16.11.2020           | Chennai              | Tru Jet              |
| 5                    | 27.11.2020           | Mumbai               | Air India            |
| 6                    | 04.12.2020           | Guwahati             | Spicejet             |
| 2021                 | 2021                 | 2021                 | 2021                 |
| 1                    | 02.07.2021           | Delhi                | Indigo               |
| 2                    | 23.07.2021           | Armenia              | Spicejet             |
| 3                    | 09.08.2021           | Indore               | Vistara              |
| 4                    | 21.09.2021           | Delhi                | Blue Dart            |
| 5                    | 15.09.2021           | Kolkata              | Indigo               |
| 6                    | 18.11.2021           | Kandla               | TruJet               |
| 7                    | 09.12.2021           | Mumbai-Kolkata       | Spicejet             |
| 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July) | 2022(till 25th July) |
| 1                    | 09.02.2022           | Mumbai               | Alliance Air         |
| 2                    | 03.05.2022           | Chennai-Durgapur     | Spice                |
| 3                    | 17.05.2022           | Coimbatore           | Indigo               |
| 4                    | 19.05.2022           | Mumbai-Bangalore     | Air India            |
| 5                    | 02.07.2022           | Delhi                | Spicejet             |