The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) announced on January 11 that it will take strong action against high-profile staff at Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA) for violating aircraft maintenance regulations.
The agency decided to revoke the positions of several top executives in JPA maintenance department including former Director General Luong Hoai Nam , Head of the Technical Quality Section Atanas Stankov and Head of the Maintenance Section David Andrew.
They are found to have had made mistakes in monitoring maintenance work and not fulfilling the company’s commitments to civilian safety culture after an investigation on flight safety.
“Key JPA executives have to take responsibility for these systematic mistakes,” announced the CAAV.
CAAV Deputy Director Lai Xuan Thanh said that JPA had made numerous mistakes which led to flights being at risk.
He cited faults related to personnel appointments, hangars, equipment, and the licences and certificates of maintenance technicians.
The agency also demanded that JPA restructure its quality supervision system in an effort to control the joint-stock company’s operations more effectively, especially the maintenance system.
The company is also told to overhaul its policies and procedures to ensure the Vietnamese stakeholders rights as well as review and put in order the supervision of safety work.
The budget carrier Jetstar Pacific has two major owners which is Vietnam ’s State Capital Investment Corporation with 70 percent of the stock and Qantas Airways with a 27 percent stake./.
The agency decided to revoke the positions of several top executives in JPA maintenance department including former Director General Luong Hoai Nam , Head of the Technical Quality Section Atanas Stankov and Head of the Maintenance Section David Andrew.
They are found to have had made mistakes in monitoring maintenance work and not fulfilling the company’s commitments to civilian safety culture after an investigation on flight safety.
“Key JPA executives have to take responsibility for these systematic mistakes,” announced the CAAV.
CAAV Deputy Director Lai Xuan Thanh said that JPA had made numerous mistakes which led to flights being at risk.
He cited faults related to personnel appointments, hangars, equipment, and the licences and certificates of maintenance technicians.
The agency also demanded that JPA restructure its quality supervision system in an effort to control the joint-stock company’s operations more effectively, especially the maintenance system.
The company is also told to overhaul its policies and procedures to ensure the Vietnamese stakeholders rights as well as review and put in order the supervision of safety work.
The budget carrier Jetstar Pacific has two major owners which is Vietnam ’s State Capital Investment Corporation with 70 percent of the stock and Qantas Airways with a 27 percent stake./.
