February 17, 2026

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DGCA fines Air India Rs 1 crore for flying plane with lapsed airworthiness certificate, orders some post-holders to be removed

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NAIROBI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has fined Air India Rs 1 crore for operating flights on an aircraft without a valid airworthiness certificate. The regulator has also directed some post holders from engineering be removed for this serious lapse, say sources. Comments were sought from AI on this issue and awaited till…

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Air India flew aircraft with lapsed airworthiness certificate; DGCA orders probe & grounds the plane

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NEW DELHI: Air India has yet again earned regulatory ire, this time for operating eight commercial flights on an aircraft with a lapsed “airworthiness review certificate” (ARC). The regulator has ordered the aircraft to be grounded and initiated a probe into this lapse. Flying an aircraft without an airworthiness certificate means potentially endangering everyone on…

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