Vijay Mallya Finally Realises What Caused The Collapse Of Kingfisher Airlines - Faulty Engines!
Fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya is suing American aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney accusing them of selling faulty engines to his now defunct budget carrier Kingfisher.
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The move comes days after India's aviation watchdog the DGCA ordered a probe of P&W engines powering some Airbus a320neo planes being operated in India.
Not surprised at DGCA enquiry into Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines. Kingfisher Airlines sadly collapsed also due to faulty engines.
¡ª Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) March 3, 2017
We have sued IAE a Pratt & Whitney Group Company for compensation towards defective aircraft engines supplied to Kingfisher Airlines.
¡ª Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) March 3, 2017
DGCA has ordered detailed inspection of 21 Airbus a320NEO planes of IndiGo and GoAir that are equipped with P&W engines, which have been frequently facing technical glitches.
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"DGCA is in talks with the manufacturer of the engine and also investigating the specific incidents. Let's wait for the reports to come in. As far as safety is concerned, no slackness would be allowed and Indian skies would always be kept safe, as they have always been," Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said.
Airbus had begun rolling out the A320 NEOs in January 2016 and it has so far delivered about 70 to customers worldwide.
Even though they account currently for only a small part of the IndiGo and GoAir fleets, it is set to grow rapidly with IndiGo having over 400 of the jets on order and GoAir set to add over 100.
The engines had raised serious concern after two GoAir A320 NEOs made emergency landings following technical issues last month.
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In January an IndiGo flight was aborted after one of its engines developed a fault while accelerating for take-off.
According to reports Pratt and Whitney are still struggle to resolve the issue with its engines.
This has forced some foreign carriers to withdraw from purchasing new Airbus A-320 aircraft with such engines.
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