Lok Sabha Question No. 2526 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Compliance of Safety and Maintenance Regulations
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Shri Sachithanantham R

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2526

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  13th March 2025 )

COMPLIANCE OF SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE REGULATIONS 2526.    SHRI SACHITHANANTHAM R

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## be pleased to state:-

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  measures  to  implement  the Parliamentary standing committee recommendations to ensure compliance of airline operators with all safety and maintenance regulations for aircraft engines, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  as  per  the  committee's  recommendation  to  impose  heavy penalties on airline operators found violating rules in this regard, a penalty method has been introduced and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of companies that have been penalized during the last two years for non-compliance with aircraft engine safety norms?

## ANSWER

Minister  of  State  in  the  Ministry  of  CIVIL  AVIATION            (Shri Murlidhar Mohol)

- (a): Yes. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) permits the import of only  those  aircraft  and  engines  that  are  type-certified  by  the  state  of design,  such  as  the  Federal  Aviation  Administration  (FAA),  European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Transport Canada etc., and type-accepted by DGCA. ;

;

As per the laid down regulation, responsibility for maintaining the aircraft lies  with the  airline  which  is  required to  ensure that the aircraft  and its components  i.e  engines  are  maintained  as  per  the  DGCA  approved maintenance programme prepared as per the instructions/recommendation issued by manufacture/type certificate holder  and  state  of  design.  Airline/  Operator  is  also  responsible  for ensuring that the required qualified and experienced manpower, equipment  and  spares  including  maintenance  data  are  available  for maintaining the aircraft and its engines.  ;

DGCA  ensure  the  compliance  of  airline  operators  with  all  safety  and maintenance  regulations  for  aircraft  engines  through  the  mechanism  of conducting  surveillance,  spot  checks,  night  surveillance  etc.  of the airlines/  organizations  and  personnel.  The  observations/  findings  made during surveillance, spot checks and night surveillance are provided to the airline  for  taking  corrective  action.  In  case  of  violations,  DGCA  takes enforcement action in accordance with laid down procedures which may consist of  warning,  suspension,  cancellation including imposition of financial penalty to the personnel involved/ airline.; ; (b):  Enforcement  Policy  and  Procedures  Manual  of  DGCA  specifies  the procedures for determining enforcement action in response to violations of regulations by Airline/Operators. Enforcement action include administrative measures like warning, suspension, cancellation including imposition of financial penalty to the personnel involved/ airline as well as judicial actions such as prosecution. ; ; Amount  of  penalties  are  specified  in  Schedule  VIB  of  Rule  162  of  the Aircraft  Rules,  1937.  Penalties  are  determined  based  on  the  severity  of violations or contraventions, ranging from INR 10,000 for minor violation (Level 1) to INR 1 crore for serious offenses (Level 10). The amounts vary for individuals and organizations, depending on their size.; ; (c): The details of financial penalty imposed on companies during the last two  years  for  non-compliance  with  engine  safety  norms  is  attached  as 'Annexure'.

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## Details of Penalty imposed on engines related issues during the last two years

|   S No. | Name of Organisation       | Description of violation                                                                                                                                                                               |   year |   Penalty imposed (Rs) |
|---------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------|
|       1 | Bhushan Aviation Limited   | Falsification of Technical Log Book of VT-BSL                                                                                                                                                          |   2023 |                  75000 |
|       2 | M/s Mandke & Mandke        | The engine task water rinse was not carried out even once during this period flying of aircraft VT-MAN Robinson R66(RR 300) in and out of Dumas Helipad (Surat, Gujarat) from 27.10.2022 to 30.12.2022 |   2023 |                 300000 |
|       3 | M/s SKYNEX AERO PVT LTD    | Organisation has installed vide work order no. SNA/LAA/2023-48 dated 23.11 .2023, an engineoverhauled by an unapproved organisation on aircraft VT-LAA on 04.12.23                                     |   2024 |                 300000 |
|       4 | M/s Wings Aviation Pvt.Ltd | Use of Indian MOGAS of specification IS 2796:2017 instead of manufacturer recommended Indian MOGAS of specification IS 2796:2008 in Tecnam                                                             |   2024 |                 750000 |
|       5 | RED BIRD FLYING TRAINING   | Use of Indian MOGAS of specification IS 2796:2017 instead of manufacturer recommended Indian MOGAS of specification IS 2796:2008 in Tecnam                                                             |   2024 |                1500000 |
|       6 | SKYNEX AERO PVT LTD        | Use of Indian MOGAS of specification IS 2796:2017 instead of manufacturer recommended Indian MOGAS of specification IS 2796:2008 in Tecnam                                                             |   2024 |                 750000 |