Mumbai: The Director General of Civil Aviation is all set to take up a serious infraction of safety norms with its Jordanian counterpart after a fire was reported in the front galley of a Royal Jordanian aircraft flying Bombay-Amman, forcing to return to Mumbai international airport.
The incident took place aboard Royal Jordanian flight RJ 187, headed for Amman, on May 14 prompting DGCA to prepare an action report against the Jordanian national carrier under the Surveillance Oversight of Foreign Aircraft (SOFA).
"Flight RJ 187 took off around 6.30 am on May 14, but made an emergency landing 20 minutes later due to a fire on board. The Airbus 319 aircraft bearing registration number JY-AYN was accorded all emergency procedures and landed safely, following which the fire was doused," said sources at Mumbai airport.
The Air Traffic Control (ATC) informed DGCA of the incident, and DGCA officials conducted a spot investigation. Sources said the pilots were called in for extensive questioning, but didn't turn up initially. As they were not very co-operative, SOFA was applied under which it is mandatory for pilots to appear for detailed questioning, they added.
21/05/14 Bipin Kumar Singh/Mumbai Mirror
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The incident took place aboard Royal Jordanian flight RJ 187, headed for Amman, on May 14 prompting DGCA to prepare an action report against the Jordanian national carrier under the Surveillance Oversight of Foreign Aircraft (SOFA).
"Flight RJ 187 took off around 6.30 am on May 14, but made an emergency landing 20 minutes later due to a fire on board. The Airbus 319 aircraft bearing registration number JY-AYN was accorded all emergency procedures and landed safely, following which the fire was doused," said sources at Mumbai airport.
The Air Traffic Control (ATC) informed DGCA of the incident, and DGCA officials conducted a spot investigation. Sources said the pilots were called in for extensive questioning, but didn't turn up initially. As they were not very co-operative, SOFA was applied under which it is mandatory for pilots to appear for detailed questioning, they added.
21/05/14 Bipin Kumar Singh/Mumbai Mirror
