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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has written to the Federal Aviation Authority in the US seeking a report on the incident on a Boeing 787 aircraft that Air India is to take delivery of.
Investigations began after a malfunction spewed metal debris from a GE engine on a Boeing 787 aircraft and caused an airport grass fire in South Carolina in late July. Reports said that material was ejected from the back of the engine during pre-flight testing.
The aircraft is one of the three that will be delivered to Air India.
The airline will also have to wait for a nod from the Ministry of Law and Justice on the agreement approved by the Union Cabinet on compensation that the airline is seeking from Boeing for the delay in aircraft delivery.
Compensation pact
Sources said that the compensation agreement between Boeing and Air India would have to be cleared by the Ministry before the airline can take delivery of the aircraft.
The delay in delivery was due to production lags and later due to an agitation by a section of Air India pilots.
Initially, Air India was to receive the first aircraft in 2008, but now the delivery is scheduled for later this year.
Some pilots of erstwhile Air India were on strike for 58 days protesting the Government decision to allow pilots of erstwhile Indian to also train to fly the new aircraft.
>ashwini.phadnis@thehindu.co.in
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