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India's Aviation Safety Mechanism Likely To Remain Downgraded

NEW DELHI: Country's aviation safety mechanism is likely to remain downgraded till March next year with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finding deficiencies on eight counts, it was officially stated.

The American aviation regulator, which conducted a fresh safety audit of DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) from December eight, is likely to determine India's safety rating in March 2015, almost a year after downgrading it from the top Category-I to Category-II.

The FAA team carried out a "full audit" to ascertain country's compliance of international aviation safety standards by focussing on "eight critical elements", Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said.