No engine shutdown in RIL's corporate jet: Initial enquiry

MUMBAI: A preliminary inquiry by aviation regulator DGCA has found that there was no engine shutdown on Wednesday in RIL's corporate jet, a 16-seater Dassault Falcon 900, that had caused the pilots to land the plane within 10 minutes of take-off.

Dismissing the reason for landing RIL's corporate jet as a "minor" problem, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has closed the inquiry. "We found in a preliminary inquiry that there was a problem with the indicators and it was not showing clearly on the panels. Therefore, there was a false indication that the engine was not functioning properly. There is no need for further inquiry. It was a minor thing," sources in the DGCA said.

Rejecting media reports that there were three top RIL executives, Reliance Group head of communications Tushar Pania said the plane only had three crew-members and company officials onboard. According to him, the plane was being sent to Delhi from Mumbai to fly corporates back, something termed as a "positioning flight" by the DGCA.