Aviation safety experts have expressed their concerns over safety-related incidents across the country in
recent past involving low- cost carriers, IndiGo, and SpiceJet.
While SpiceJet pilots were involved in multiple hard landings in Calicut, Surat, and Patna airports in the recent past triggering an “advisory” email from the airline’s Chief Pilot, IndiGo has been grappling with incidents of overheating and high vibrations in IndiGo’s A320/1 engines.
Over 12 different incidents have been reported since July 25. SpiceJet’s Chief Pilot (Line Operations) of Boeing 737 Sanjay Dabral shot emails last week to all airline pilots pointing out that they had followed a “wrong technique” and tried to land early on short runways, leading to hard landings. He asked them to strictly follow the landing
Flare and Touchdown technique specified in the Flight Crew Training Manual (FCTM) and not to deviate from it based on the runway lengths available at different airports. Aviation safety expert Capt Mohan Ranganathan blamed poor training at SpiceJet.
“The DGCA had conducted an audit at SpiceJet and if the hard landings are continuing, it means that the airline knows that DGCA will not act. If the pilots are not following training manuals, then the airline has failed in proficiency checks, and points to deficiency in training and safety standards,” he said.
A SpiceJet spokesperson strongly denied the accusation of poor training. “SpiceJet has a completely open and transparent system wherein pilots are encouraged to report incidents so that corrective training and follow-up measures can be taken by the organization. The said mail reinforces the fact that the standard landing technique is the correct technique and pilots should not over react by doing hard landings.”
17/08/19 Satish Nandagaonkar/Mumbai Mirror
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While SpiceJet pilots were involved in multiple hard landings in Calicut, Surat, and Patna airports in the recent past triggering an “advisory” email from the airline’s Chief Pilot, IndiGo has been grappling with incidents of overheating and high vibrations in IndiGo’s A320/1 engines.
Over 12 different incidents have been reported since July 25. SpiceJet’s Chief Pilot (Line Operations) of Boeing 737 Sanjay Dabral shot emails last week to all airline pilots pointing out that they had followed a “wrong technique” and tried to land early on short runways, leading to hard landings. He asked them to strictly follow the landing
Flare and Touchdown technique specified in the Flight Crew Training Manual (FCTM) and not to deviate from it based on the runway lengths available at different airports. Aviation safety expert Capt Mohan Ranganathan blamed poor training at SpiceJet.
“The DGCA had conducted an audit at SpiceJet and if the hard landings are continuing, it means that the airline knows that DGCA will not act. If the pilots are not following training manuals, then the airline has failed in proficiency checks, and points to deficiency in training and safety standards,” he said.
A SpiceJet spokesperson strongly denied the accusation of poor training. “SpiceJet has a completely open and transparent system wherein pilots are encouraged to report incidents so that corrective training and follow-up measures can be taken by the organization. The said mail reinforces the fact that the standard landing technique is the correct technique and pilots should not over react by doing hard landings.”
17/08/19 Satish Nandagaonkar/Mumbai Mirror
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