Measures taken to resolve deficiencies: Civil Aviation Ministry

New Delhi: With the threat of a safety downgrade by US aviation regulator FAA looming large, Civil Aviation Ministry officials exuded confidence that such an eventuality was not likely to arise as corrective measures have already been initiated by the DGCA.
The officials expressed confidence as a technical team of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began the second round of safety compliance audit of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to check whether corrective steps have been taken to resolve 33 deficiencies the US agency had pointed out during the first round in September.
FAA's first round of audit had followed a similar exercise by the UN-body International Civil Aviation Organisation ( ICAO).
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