New Delhi: After two successive technical snags in the same flight, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association has written to the Air India management saying that they would henceforth operate only 'snag-free' aircraft.
The problem arose when the pilots of a Pune-bound flight AI 849 with 122 people on board found that there was a fault in the flight management and guidance systems and the auto-pilot was not functioning. The pilots informed the management that they would not be operating the Airbus 320 and decided to wait for another aircraft.
After a delay of two and a half hours, another aircraft was arranged and passengers moved into it. However, when they took off, the aircraft's landing gear got jammed. A problem also developed in this aircraft's auto-pilot and auto-thrust systems.
At this point, the pilots decided to return to Delhi and ask for a priority landing.
15/04/11 Times of India
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