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UN's ICAO to conduct another audit of India's air safety readiness

Global aviation watchdog's audit comes in the aftermath of Air India Express crash in Calicut which claimed 20 lives

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3 min read Last Updated : Aug 25 2020 | 10:49 PM IST

The UN's aviation watchdog International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has decided to conduct another safety audit of India’s air safety readiness.

The audit, which was pre-planned, assumes significance as it comes in the aftermath of the Air India Express crash in which 20 people were killed, including the pilot and the co-pilot, and several others were injured when the flight from Dubai with 190 people onboard overshot the runway at Calicut airport and fell into a valley.

“An ICAO team was supposed to come for an audit in November, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic and border closures, the audit

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