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November 11, 2009 | DGCA issues fresh directions to airlines | New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued guidelines to all airlines on Wednesday following the skidding of a Kingfisher aircraft in Mumbai on Tuesday. Keeping in view the inputs received
from Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), the DGCA issued new directions
to all airlines for strict compliance when using the runway. These directions
are in addition to the existing directions of the DGCA. According to the new set
of guidelines pilot-1 should be a training captain and pilot-2 should have minimum
300 hours of experience on type. New guidelines bar all assisted take-off and
landing. The DGCA clearly said that no operation should take place when runway
surface is wet. The new guidelines made it mandatory for the pilots to file a
de-briefing report after every flight. The DGCA had also directed MIAL to carry
out videography of operations on every Tuesday during runway operations. DGCA,
FOI has also been stationed at Mumbai Airport during closure. DGCA is undertaking
a full review of safety assessment for short runway operations at MIAL. On Tuesday,
ATR 72-212A aircraft of Kingfisher Airlines operating a scheduled flight IT-4124
Bhavnagar-Mumbai sector, while landing at Mumbai skidded off the runway resulting
in damage to aircraft. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely. Six passengers
and one crewmember were released after first-aid. The DGCA has ordered investigation
into the incident and de-rostered all six pilots of three operators - Kingfisher,
Go Air and NACIL who operated flights during wet runway conditions on Tuesday.
The DGCA has also issued show-cause notices to three operators for alleged violations
of its directions regarding wet runway operations. |
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