A preliminary investigation report has blamed a false alarm of fuel shortage raised by the pilot that triggered a political storm of an attempt to kill West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The airline declined the findings and said that it will contest the decision of the regulator to suspend the pilots. Many pilots and aviation experts that Business Standard spoke to rubbished the claims of the regulator and saw a “political angle” to the incident.
According to the findings report submitted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the pilots of 6E 342, that was carrying Banerjee asked for a priority landing from the air traffic control at Kolkata Airport citing shortage of fuel. However, according to top ministry officials subsequent investigations by DGCA revealed that at no point of time, the aircraft was running short of fuel.
07/12/16 Arindam Majumder/Business Standard
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The airline declined the findings and said that it will contest the decision of the regulator to suspend the pilots. Many pilots and aviation experts that Business Standard spoke to rubbished the claims of the regulator and saw a “political angle” to the incident.
According to the findings report submitted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the pilots of 6E 342, that was carrying Banerjee asked for a priority landing from the air traffic control at Kolkata Airport citing shortage of fuel. However, according to top ministry officials subsequent investigations by DGCA revealed that at no point of time, the aircraft was running short of fuel.
07/12/16 Arindam Majumder/Business Standard
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