Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is the Indian governmental regulatory body for civil aviation under the Ministry of Civil Aviation
. This directorate investigates aviation accidents and incidents
. It is headquartered at Safdarjung Airport
in New Delhi
.
Jyoti Bhattacharya and Mohammed K Ansari, dealing with cash and finances, have been arrested. However, it was found that the files containing the records of several pilots had disappeared from the DGCA offices. There were calls for a thorough investigation of the DGCA "top brass".
Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)
The Ministry of Civil Aviation, India is responsible for the regulation of civil aviation in India.-References:**...
. This directorate investigates aviation accidents and incidents
Aviation accidents and incidents
An aviation accident is defined in the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, in which a...
. It is headquartered at Safdarjung Airport
Safdarjung Airport
Safdarjung Airport also is an airport in New Delhi, India, in the neighbourhood of the same name. Established during the British Raj, as Willingdon Airfield, it started operations as an airport in 1929, when was the India's second airport and Delhi’s only airport...
in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
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Regional offices
DGCA has fourteen Regional Airworthiness Offices (RAO) at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Kanpur, Guwahati and Patiala. It has also five Regional Air Safety offices located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. It has a Regional Research and Development Office located at Bangalore and the Gliding Centre at Pune.Corruption charges in Fake license scam
The Director General of Civil Aviation faced charges of corruption in April 2011, after 14 pilots flying for several airlines were found to have forged their licenses. Additional director at the DGCA, Pradeep Kumar, and alsoJyoti Bhattacharya and Mohammed K Ansari, dealing with cash and finances, have been arrested. However, it was found that the files containing the records of several pilots had disappeared from the DGCA offices. There were calls for a thorough investigation of the DGCA "top brass".