Mumbai: A total of 25 flights were cancelled at Mumbai airport on Thursday as the Spice-Jet Boeing 737 that went off the runway a little before Monday midnight is yet to be removed. All the 25 cancelled flights—14 departures and 11 arrivalswere of IndiGo, the largest operator on domestic routes.
SpiceJet would be billed at least USD 160,000 (nearly Rs 1.1 crore) for aircraft removal, said a source. Initial DGCA probe has revealed the SpiceJet plane touched down at high speed about 1600 metres ahead of the threshold of the 3600-metre runway 27 and there was no problem with friction on the main runway. An hour later, another SpiceJet plane went off secondary runway and came to a halt in the stopway, but the pilot taxied it back to the parking bay with the help of a follow-me vehicle.
SpiceJet in a statement said: “We are in receipt of the show cause notices issued by the DGCA. The concerned officials will submit their replies within the timeframe given by the regulator. Safety is the core value of our operations and is a shared objective of both the DGCA and SpiceJet. We will take all possible steps that may be required to further strengthen our safety mechanism.”
The DGCA notices have been issued to GP Gupta, accountable manager, SpiceJet; Capt GPS Grewal, chief of flight safety; Capt SPS Suri, senior vice president(operations) and Capt Vishal Sawhney, head of training, said a source. “The regulator carried out an unplanned surveillance of SpiceJet on Wednesday during which it came across a number of deficiencies,’’ said a source. For instance: SpiceJet's Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) department which monitors flight data to gauge pilot performance had forwarded certain violations and shortcomings for action to SpiceJet’s training department for action. “But SpiceJet’s training department did not act on them,” said the source. “No corrective training was given to the pilots who were found to be lacking in skills and who were involved in exceedances,’’ he added.
05/07/19 Manju V/Times of India
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SpiceJet would be billed at least USD 160,000 (nearly Rs 1.1 crore) for aircraft removal, said a source. Initial DGCA probe has revealed the SpiceJet plane touched down at high speed about 1600 metres ahead of the threshold of the 3600-metre runway 27 and there was no problem with friction on the main runway. An hour later, another SpiceJet plane went off secondary runway and came to a halt in the stopway, but the pilot taxied it back to the parking bay with the help of a follow-me vehicle.
SpiceJet in a statement said: “We are in receipt of the show cause notices issued by the DGCA. The concerned officials will submit their replies within the timeframe given by the regulator. Safety is the core value of our operations and is a shared objective of both the DGCA and SpiceJet. We will take all possible steps that may be required to further strengthen our safety mechanism.”
The DGCA notices have been issued to GP Gupta, accountable manager, SpiceJet; Capt GPS Grewal, chief of flight safety; Capt SPS Suri, senior vice president(operations) and Capt Vishal Sawhney, head of training, said a source. “The regulator carried out an unplanned surveillance of SpiceJet on Wednesday during which it came across a number of deficiencies,’’ said a source. For instance: SpiceJet's Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) department which monitors flight data to gauge pilot performance had forwarded certain violations and shortcomings for action to SpiceJet’s training department for action. “But SpiceJet’s training department did not act on them,” said the source. “No corrective training was given to the pilots who were found to be lacking in skills and who were involved in exceedances,’’ he added.
05/07/19 Manju V/Times of India
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