Thiruvananthapuram: The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is likely to order a probe into the ‘hijack’ drama involving an Air India Express Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight that was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram international airport owing to inclement weather at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbaserry.
The inquiry by DGCA Arun Mishra will be on the basis of a detailed report submitted to him by the Director-in-charge of Thiruvananthapuram airport later in the day, Airport Authority of India (AAI) sources told The Hindu.
The report details the ground situation of the ‘hijack’ drama that commenced after the flight of the low-cost carrier of Air India landed at the Thiruvananthapuram airport at 6.30 a.m. from Kochi till it took off from here with a ‘relief crew’ at 2.02 p.m.
As the Anti-Hijack Committee chaired by State Police Chief K. S. Balasubramonian came to the conclusion that there was no move to hijack the Boeing 737-800 aircraft although the Commander had pressed the button to alert the Air Traffic Control (ATC), the report forwarded to the DGCA has also ruled out the ‘hijack’ issue.
20/10/12 S. Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
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The inquiry by DGCA Arun Mishra will be on the basis of a detailed report submitted to him by the Director-in-charge of Thiruvananthapuram airport later in the day, Airport Authority of India (AAI) sources told The Hindu.
The report details the ground situation of the ‘hijack’ drama that commenced after the flight of the low-cost carrier of Air India landed at the Thiruvananthapuram airport at 6.30 a.m. from Kochi till it took off from here with a ‘relief crew’ at 2.02 p.m.
As the Anti-Hijack Committee chaired by State Police Chief K. S. Balasubramonian came to the conclusion that there was no move to hijack the Boeing 737-800 aircraft although the Commander had pressed the button to alert the Air Traffic Control (ATC), the report forwarded to the DGCA has also ruled out the ‘hijack’ issue.
20/10/12 S. Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
