Air safety violations decline 62% in 2020: Govt data

Along with reduction in flights, last year also saw restrictions on the use of breath analysers on cabin crew

2020 saw a sharp drop in reported air safety violations due to reduction in flights and curbs on breath analyser tests.

Around 250 aviation employees failed breath analyser tests in 2018 and 2019 and the cases declined to 92 in 2020. Similarly, there were zero cases of allowing unauthorised entry into cockpit and violation of cockpit and cabin discipline, the civil aviation ministry said in its response to the Lok Sabha last week.

Domestic air travel was suspended for two months during the nationwide lockdown. Air travel resumed in calibrated manner on May 25 with restrictions on capacity. As a