Lok Sabha Question No. 1868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Defects in Aircrafts
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade, Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1868 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  31st July 2025 )

## DEFECTS IN AIRCRAFTS

1868.    SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  number of defects reported and recorded for commercial airlines operating in the country since 2021-22, year-wise and category-wise;
- (b)  the  total  number  of  investigations  conducted  with  regard  to  such defects since 2023-24, year-wise;
- (c) whether  any  airlines have  failed to  comply  with Civil Aviation Requirements  (CAR)  provisions  for  recording,  reporting,  investigating  or rectifying defects and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon;
- (d)  the  total  number  of  passenger  complaints  filed  with  the  Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), year-wise; and
- (e)  the  details  of  the  steps/new  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to strengthen  and  enforce  safety  standards  in  light  of  the  recent  aviation tragedy?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c):  DGCA  has  comprehensive  regulations  under  Civil  Aviation Requirement (CAR) which specifies the manner in which defects/ service difficulties in aircraft  and  aircraft  components  are  to  be  recorded, reported,  investigated  and  analysed  for  the  purpose  of  taking  timely corrective/preventive action. All aircraft operators shall have a system in their  organization  to  ensure  that  all  defects,  minor  or  others,  whether reported  by  Flight  Crew  or  observed  by  Maintenance  Crew  are  recorded

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and  investigated  for  taking  appropriate  rectification  action.  All  defects which  are  serious  in nature shall  be intimated immediately  by  all operators to DGCA. During the DGCA audit, if it is observed that defects have not been reported by airline, DGCA initiates investigation and takes appropriate action as per enforcement policy and procedure manual.; ; Details of technical defects in aircraft reported since 2021 to 2025 (upto June 2025) are as under:; ; Year        No. of Defects; 2021;           514 2022;           528 2023;           448 2024;           421 2025            183 ; A  total  of  2094  investigation  has  been  carried  out  against  serious defect/snags reported during last 5 years (upto June 2025). ; (d):  Total number of passenger complaints filed with Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) since 2021-22 are as under:; ; Year         No. of Complaints; 2021;           4131 2022;           3783 2023;           5513 2024;           4016 2025            3925 ; (e): Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has a comprehensive and structured civil aviation regulations for safe operation  of aircraft and its maintenance.  These  regulations  are  continuously  updated  and  aligned with  the  International  Civil  Aviation  Organisation  (ICAO)/European  Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards. ; Post-accident,  DGCA  enhanced  the  check  and  inspection  of  the  critical component of safety assurance in order to identify and rectify immediate
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systemic issues.

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