New Delhi: A pilot trained to land aircraft in low visibility (CAT III B), travelling as a passenger on IndiGo's Pune-Delhi flight on Saturday morning, was asked to operate the flight as IGI Airport was reporting a declining visibility trend due to smog. The captain had operated a flight to Pune on Friday and was headed back home to Delhi as a passenger on 6E-6571.
"After boarding was complete, we realised Delhi is experiencing a declining visibility trend. From mid-December on Delhi-bound early morning and evening flights, we roster both CAT III B-trained pilots. However, the low declining trend was witnessed suddenly on Saturday morning catching everyone completely unaware," said IndiGo sources.
The captain, originally rostered for 6E-6571, was not CAT III B-trained, while the co-pilot was. The airline realised that a CAT III B-trained captain was travelling as passenger on the flight. "We took internal clearances as per procedures to be adopted to avoid passenger inconvenience or may be a cancellation in such situations. The captain, who was travelling as passenger (and was not in uniform), was rostered to operate this flight after taking all required clearances," said sources.
30/11/19 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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"After boarding was complete, we realised Delhi is experiencing a declining visibility trend. From mid-December on Delhi-bound early morning and evening flights, we roster both CAT III B-trained pilots. However, the low declining trend was witnessed suddenly on Saturday morning catching everyone completely unaware," said IndiGo sources.
The captain, originally rostered for 6E-6571, was not CAT III B-trained, while the co-pilot was. The airline realised that a CAT III B-trained captain was travelling as passenger on the flight. "We took internal clearances as per procedures to be adopted to avoid passenger inconvenience or may be a cancellation in such situations. The captain, who was travelling as passenger (and was not in uniform), was rostered to operate this flight after taking all required clearances," said sources.
30/11/19 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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