Mumbai Grahak Panchayat, a consumer rights body, has called for grounding of Boeing 787 aircraft in the interest of public safety. The MGP has given the call following Thursday’s air crash involving Air India aircraft and three instances of air turn back involving Boeing 787 on Sunday and Monday.
“Directorate General of Civil Aviation is duty bound to take consumers into confidence and explain the reasons that prompted the mid-air return of British Airways, Lufthansa and Air India flights that were being operated by the Boeing 787 aircraft,” MGP said in a statement.
MGP also calls upon Air India to ground all their Boeing 787 aircraft without waiting for any directions from the DGCA, it said.