Monday, August 06, 2018

Riyadh taxiway take off: DGCA suspends licence of two Jet pilots

New Delhi: DGCA has suspended the licences of the two pilots of the Jet Airways plane that attempted a take-off from a taxiway at Riyadh airport. The action comes after Saudi aviation authorities made this damning finding public following a probe into the incident which had happened at 00:03 hours local time Riyadh.

The Jet Airways Boeing 737 went off the paved area of Riyadh airport last Friday (August 3) when it attempted to take off using full power from a taxiway+ parallel to the runway from where it was supposed to get air borne for Mumbai.

“Jet Airways B-737 (VT-JFS) flight (9W) 523 headed to Mumbai with 141 passengers and seven crew members overshot taxiway at KKIA (King Khalid International Airport at Riyadh). Initial factual information confirms that the aircraft attempted take off from taxiway parallel to take off-designated runway while visibility was high and no obstacles or FOD (foreign object debris) on the taxiway. The aircraft accelerated with full take off power and exceeded the taxiway on to unpaved area ending up close to the exit of taxiway,” Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Investigation Bureau (AIB) said in a statement.
06/08/18 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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