Kochi: Ruling out bad weather as the cause of Monday's mishap involving a Gulf Air A320 aircraft at Cochin airport, a preliminary inquiry by the Directorate general of civil aviation has blamed pilot error for the plane landing off the runway.
"The pilot must have made some errors during landing and must have tried to steer back the aircraft after it skidded," a DGCA official said. A DGCA team is examining the aircraft's cockpit voice recorder data, which is likely to give a clearer picture of the mishap.
DGCA sources told TOI that the aircraft landed around 3.50am and data obtained from India Meteorological Department clearly showed there were no unusual weather conditions at that time. There was only moderate rain.
31/08/11 T Ramavarman/Times of India
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