Monday, August 10, 2015

Must Announce Turbulence so Crew is Prepared, Air India Tells Pilots

New Delhi: Air India has issued advisory to all its pilots to make turbulence announcement when seat belt signs are put 'on' to keep informed the flight staff on board the aircraft, the Parliament was today informed.

The advisory comes in the wake of an investigation report on a recent incident in which the pilots of one of its flights forgot to alert the crew to take their seats before making touchdown, leading to injury to one crew member.

Also, all pilots have been advised to make entry of such occurrences in the sector page of Tech Log (Technical Log) as part of the recommendation/corrective action, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said.

Technical log is the primary source for technical and operational data on each flight operated by a carrier.
10/08/15 PTI/NDTV
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