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- Free Malaysia Today
Regulators warn Air India Express over delayed Airbus engine fix, forged records
The engine issue in Air India Express's Airbus was raised months before the June Boeing Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad. (EPA Images pic) NEW DELHI : India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by the EU's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. In a statement, Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook 'remedial action and preventive measures'. Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad which killed all but one of the 242 people onboard. The world's worst aviation disaster in a decade is still being investigated. The engine issue in the Air India Express's Airbus was raised on March 18, months before the crash. However, the regulator has this year also warned parent Air India for breaching rules for flying three Airbus planes with overdue checks on escape slides, and in June warned it about 'serious violations' of pilot duty timings. Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India, which is owned by the Tata Group. It has more than 115 aircraft and flies to more than 50 destinations, with 500 daily flights. The EU Aviation Safety Agency in 2023 issued an airworthiness directive to address a 'potential unsafe condition' on CFM International LEAP-1A engines, asking for replacement of some components such as engine seals and rotating parts, saying some manufacturing deficiencies had been found. The agency's directive said 'this condition, if not corrected, could lead to failure of affected parts, possibly resulting in high energy debris release, with consequent damage to, and reduced control of, the aeroplane.' The Indian government's confidential memo in March sent to the airline, seen by Reuters, said that surveillance by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revealed the parts modification 'was not complied' on an engine of an Airbus A320 'within the prescribed time limit'. 'In order to show that the work has been carried out within the prescribed limits, the AMOS records have apparently been altered/forged,' the memo added, referring to the Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Operating System software used by airlines to manage maintenance and airworthiness. The 'mandatory' modification was required on Air India Express' VT-ATD plane, the memo added. That plane typically flies on domestic routes and some international destinations such as Dubai and Muscat, according to the AirNav Radar website. The lapse 'indicates that accountable manager has failed to ensure quality control,' it added. Air India Express told Reuters its technical team missed the scheduled implementation date for parts replacement due to the migration of records on its monitoring software, and fixed the problem soon after it was identified. It did not give dates of compliance or directly address DGCA's comment about records being altered, but said that after the March memo it took 'necessary administrative actions', which included removing the quality manager from their position and suspending the deputy continuing airworthiness manager. The DGCA and the European safety agency did not respond to Reuters queries. Airbus and CFM International, a joint venture between General Electric and Safran, also did not respond. 'The lapse was first flagged during a DGCA audit in October 2024 and the plane in question took only a few trips after it was supposed to replace the CFM engine parts,' a source with direct knowledge said. 'Such issues should be fixed immediately. It's a grave mistake. The risk increases when you are flying over sea or near restricted airpsace,' said Vibhuti Singh, a former legal expert at the India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. The Indian government told parliament in February that authorities warned or fined airlines in 23 instances for safety violations last year. Three of those cases involved Air India Express, and eight Air India.
Free Malaysia Today
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- Free Malaysia Today
Indonesia offers to cut duties on US goods to ‘near zero' in tariff talks
Indonesian state carrier Garuda will buy more Boeing planes as part of a US$34 billion pact. (AFP pic) JAKARTA : Indonesia has offered to cut duties on key imports from the US to 'near zero' and to buy US$500 million worth of US wheat as part of its tariff talks with Washington, its lead negotiator and a wheat industry association said today. Chief economics minister Airlangga Hartarto, who is Indonesia's lead negotiator, also confirmed that state carrier Garuda Indonesia would buy more Boeing planes as part of a US$34 billion pact with US partners due to be signed next week. Indonesia, which ran a goods trade surplus of US$17.9 billion with the US in 2024 according to the US trade representative, is facing a 32% tariff in US markets and has proposed increasing US imports to facilitate trade talks between the two sides. Airlangga said the Indonesian government has offered to cut tariffs on key American exports, including agricultural products, to near-zero from between 0% and 5% at present. 'It will be near zero (tariffs for US main exports), but it will depend as well on how much the tariffs we get from the US,' Airlangga said. Garuda's CEO has said it is in discussions with US Boeing to buy up to 75 units of aircraft. Garuda group did not respond to requests for comment today. The wheat purchases are also part of next week's pact with US partners. The chairman of Indonesia's wheat flour mills association, Franciscus Welirang, said its 'members will purchase 2 million tonnes in total through tenders with a competitive price.' 'The point is all of the members will buy US wheat,' Welirang, who is also a director at Indofood, told Reuters. The US counterparts in the wheat deal include Cargill, Bunge Global, Pacificor, Archer-Daniels-Midland, Columbia Grain International and United Grain Corporation, Welirang added. US exports to Indonesia include soybeans, petroleum gases and aircraft, Indonesian government data showed. When asked whether the trade talks include military deals, Airlangga said they were 'not part of the negotiation'. Susiwijono Moegiarso, a senior official with Indonesia's coordinating ministry for economic affairs, told Reuters that in return, Jakarta has asked the US for preferential tariffs on its main exports, including electronics, textiles and footwear. 'We want them to lower the tariffs (for those goods) as low as possible,' he said. Indonesia has also offered the US opportunities to invest in critical minerals projects, including in the country's abundant resources of copper, nickel and bauxite.
Malay Mail
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- Malay Mail
The "Mystic Mountains and Rivers · Pursuing Dreams in Guizhou" Online Communication Special Event Makes Its Way to Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 4 July 2025 - On July 4th, the "Mystic Mountains and Rivers · Pursuing Dreams in Guizhou" Online Communication Special Event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event was organized by the Cyberspace Administration of Guizhou, China, with the aim of promoting cooperation and exchange between Guizhou and Malaysia in the fields of digital economy, media communication, and cultural tourism. Mr. Loo Kok Seong, Director of Tourism Malaysia and President of the Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Loo Chuan Boon, Chief Operation Officer of the Selangor Information Technology & Digital Economy Corporation, attended the event and delivered speeches respectively. Mr. Zhao Guoliang, Deputy Director General of the Cyberspace Administration of Guizhou, China, gave a special presentation on the Zhao Guoliang stated that Guizhou's digital economy is booming, and its cultural tourism is thriving. He sincerely invited everyone to visit the colorful Guizhou, to experience its beautiful landscapes and diverse cultures, and to enjoy the unique integration of modern technology and ethnic charm. He expressed his hope that people from both sides will grow closer and more familiar with each other, and that cooperation in various fields will continue to deepen and become more Loo Kok Seong said that Guizhou's development in the fields of big data industry, digital communication, and the integration of culture and tourism in recent years has been truly impressive. Guizhou and Malaysia can explore cooperation based on the integration model of "Internet + Tourism + Culture," through joint content creation, interconnection of platforms, and exchange of talents to jointly build a cross-border communication from Malaysian chambers of commerce, associations, enterprises, media, young Internet influencers, the Guizhou Chamber of Commerce in Malaysia, and Chinese students studying in Malaysia, as well as journalists from some Chinese media stationed in Malaysia, attended the event. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
