Mumbai: The two GoAir pilots who were operating the A320neo aircraft that suffered an engine failure on September 1 have been grounded for poor handling of the emergency.
Given the rising A320neo engine failures, the matter has spurred the need to monitor training standards of pilots. A twin-engine aircraft like an A320 can fly and land safely with a single, live engine unless the commander or co-pilot botches up diversion and subsequent landing.
On September 1, GoAir Bengaluru-Pune flight G8 283, which was carrying 169 passengers, had climbed to 13,500 ft when the left engine failed. In these cases, the pilots are supposed to divert and land at the nearest airport. Accordingly, the pilots landed it at Bengaluru, only the process was not an error-free one.
“The commander disconnected the auto-thrust, but failed to apply sufficient thrust manually to maintain airspeed. The airspeed fell dangerously low during the approach to land,” said a source. “The aircraft also came in low and landed way ahead of the touchdown zone.”
In case of an engine failure, the flight safety department of the airline downloads the digital flight data to go through the sequence of incidents before and after the failure to monitor the aircraft and the pilot’s performance. “The pilots were grounded after the read-out of the flight data recorder,’’ the source said.
19/09/18 Times of India
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Given the rising A320neo engine failures, the matter has spurred the need to monitor training standards of pilots. A twin-engine aircraft like an A320 can fly and land safely with a single, live engine unless the commander or co-pilot botches up diversion and subsequent landing.
On September 1, GoAir Bengaluru-Pune flight G8 283, which was carrying 169 passengers, had climbed to 13,500 ft when the left engine failed. In these cases, the pilots are supposed to divert and land at the nearest airport. Accordingly, the pilots landed it at Bengaluru, only the process was not an error-free one.
“The commander disconnected the auto-thrust, but failed to apply sufficient thrust manually to maintain airspeed. The airspeed fell dangerously low during the approach to land,” said a source. “The aircraft also came in low and landed way ahead of the touchdown zone.”
In case of an engine failure, the flight safety department of the airline downloads the digital flight data to go through the sequence of incidents before and after the failure to monitor the aircraft and the pilot’s performance. “The pilots were grounded after the read-out of the flight data recorder,’’ the source said.
19/09/18 Times of India
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