Technical Glitches Reported In Two Go First Flights, DGCA Grounds Both Aircraft

DGCA is investigating the incidents and both the planes will fly only when cleared by the regulator. 

Ground staff near a Go First Previously known as GoAir Commercial flight at an airport in Srinagar. (File Photo/ Getty)

The incidents of technical snags in several Indian civil flights refuses to cease as two aircraft of low-budget air carrier Go First were diverted to Delhi and Srinagar on Tuesday after technical glitches were spotted in their in the engines. According to reports, GoAir A320 aircraft VT-WGA flight G8-386 from Mumbai to Leh was diverted to Delhi and GoAir A320 aircraft VT-WJG flight G8-6202 from Srinagar to Delhi was turned back to Srinagar after they faced engine snags earlier in the day.

Both the planes were grounded by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Officials have informed news agency PTI that the DGCA is investigating the incidents and both the planes will fly only when cleared by the regulator. 

The first plane was diverted to Delhi due to an EIU (Engine Interface Unit) fault in engine number 2. Meanwhile, Go First’s Srinagar-Delhi flight also returned to Srinagar after the aircraft’s engine number 2 showed a fault mid-air.

This comes a day after the Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told each airline to take all necessary steps that are needed to ramp up safety oversight. Scindia has chaired several high level meetings with airlines and concerned officials from his ministry and the DGCA to ensure safety oversight.

Over the last one month, several civil flights have been diverted owing to multiple technical snags. Taking congnisance of the issues, DGCA has also said that all aircraft at base and transit stations should be released by certifying staff holding licence with appropriate authorisation by their organisation.

Days back, IndiGo's Sharjah-Hyderabad flight was diverted to Karachi in Pakistan as a precautionary measure after pilots observed a defect in one of the engines. A Calicut-Dubai flight of Air India Express was diverted to Muscat on Saturday after a burning smell was dected in the cabin mid-air.