MUMBAI: The director general of civil aviation (DGCA) has suspended the licence of Indmar, one of the oldest maintenance, repair and
overhaul (MRO) firms in the country. The regulator has ordered a detailed
investigation to probe charges of alleged irregularity in aircraft maintenance
slapped on the firm by one of its major corporate client - Forum I.
The order on the suspension of licence was passed on May 9 for an initial period of 15 days. The decision of the director general of civil aviation, EK Bharat Bhushan, comes at a time when concerns in the aviation industry on safety concerns and findings in audit reports of the DGCA are gaining credence. Almost all commercial airlines in the country are found wanting on defined safety parameters.
Indmar, established in 1937, does MRO jobs for 70 aircraft belonging to top corporate houses in the country, including Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and Essar.
The licence suspension is for its Delhi base where a Hawker 850 aircraft jointly owned by Jubilant Foods and Bharti with other clients in a fractional ownership model was sent for some modification job required by the manufacturer regarding a seat belt extension.
There are more serious allegations against the firm stating that the pages in its log book that had records of the maintenance job being carried out on the aircraft in question and not actually carried out were torn off from the log book of the firm, sources in the know say, this is viewed as a very serious offence.
Indmar, owned by Mumbai-based businessman Sunil Gupta, is the third-largest MRO company (after Airworks and Deccan Aviation), denied that the issue has something to do with the firm but pinned it on one of its employees, Sanjeev Roy, who was in-charge of its north base.
The order on the suspension of licence was passed on May 9 for an initial period of 15 days. The decision of the director general of civil aviation, EK Bharat Bhushan, comes at a time when concerns in the aviation industry on safety concerns and findings in audit reports of the DGCA are gaining credence. Almost all commercial airlines in the country are found wanting on defined safety parameters.
Indmar, established in 1937, does MRO jobs for 70 aircraft belonging to top corporate houses in the country, including Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and Essar.
The licence suspension is for its Delhi base where a Hawker 850 aircraft jointly owned by Jubilant Foods and Bharti with other clients in a fractional ownership model was sent for some modification job required by the manufacturer regarding a seat belt extension.
There are more serious allegations against the firm stating that the pages in its log book that had records of the maintenance job being carried out on the aircraft in question and not actually carried out were torn off from the log book of the firm, sources in the know say, this is viewed as a very serious offence.
Indmar, owned by Mumbai-based businessman Sunil Gupta, is the third-largest MRO company (after Airworks and Deccan Aviation), denied that the issue has something to do with the firm but pinned it on one of its employees, Sanjeev Roy, who was in-charge of its north base.
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