Air India Incident

[IntheShade]

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Co-pilot twitched, Air India Boeing 737-800 plunged! Aircraft landed safely at Pune International Airport, India. Incident: May 26, 2010
"Inadvertent handling" of the control panel of an Air India Express plane carrying 113 passengers by the co-pilot when the pilot took a loo break led to its sudden plunge by 5,000 feet triggering a mid air scare.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) reached this conclusion while probing the incident involving a brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft coming to Pune from Dubai, just four days after the crash in Mangalore of a similar airplane that claimed 158 lives.

However, no one was injured in the May 26 incident as the commander soon returned to his seat, took control of the aircraft and landed safely at Pune. The co-pilot was not trained to recover aircraft flying on an auto-pilot mode, the DGCA said in its final inquiry report.

The DGCA recommended "appropriate action" against the crew involved and asked Air India Express to review its training curriculum, including simulator training of pilots to meet with such in-flight emergencies.

The incident occurred when the commander of the aircraft, which was then flying on the auto-pilot mode, got out of the cockpit to go to the washroom.

After finding the washroom occupied, he tried to re-enter the cockpit but found the door locked from inside. On getting no response from the co-pilot, he entered it using emergency keys.

By that time, the aircraft was on a descending mode and had gone down by about 2,000 feet and still moving rapidly below the flight path. The chief pilot slowly gained control but the plane had already dived 5,000 feet.

The co-pilot told the probe panel that he was doing some technical paper work. While "adjusting his seat forward", he "inadvertently pressed the Control Column forward" which led the auto-pilot to start the descending roll.

The DGCA probe found that the co-pilot "panicked" and gave wrong commands which caused the aircraft to bank.

The commander, after he entered the cockpit, also took certain steps "without coordination with co-pilot" which also contributed to the incident. But the plane was put right back on track and made a safe landing on reaching Pune.

The entire incident occurred within a span of three-four minutes.

"The incident occurred due to inadvertent handling of the control column in fully automated mode by the co-pilot, which got compounded as he was not trained to recover the aircraft in automated mode," the report said.

Source:  http://www.financialexpress.com
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Wow, I always thought that both pilots knew how to work that steering wheel thing- and knew how to make sense out of all those gauges and stuff and could keep the plane level, or even sometimes turn it or make it climb and descend at their command.

[flyboy2548m]

Wow, I always thought that both pilots knew how to work that steering wheel thing- and knew how to make sense out of all those gauges and stuff and could keep the plane level, or even sometimes turn it or make it climb and descend at their command.

Yes, well, some should be pilots and some should focus on making tandoori chicken wraps and the discovery of deodorant.

[IntheShade]

Pilots who faked flying hrs now operating commercial flights? (India)
JAIPUR: At least five of 14 ''under-trained'' pilots from the Rajasthan Aviation School may be flying hundreds of passengers on commercial airlines, police said on Friday.

An anti-corruption bureau probe has revealed these pilots, who were given flyng licences without fulfilling the requisite flying hours, were working with Indian Airlines, JetLite, SpiceJet and a few yet-to-be identified airline companies.

Addl SP, ACB, Bhupendra Yadav, who is investigating the case for the past five months, claimed that names of at least 14 pilots have come up who were issued CPLs (commercial pilot licence) fraudulently by chief flying inspectors of the Rajasthan state flying school, Sanganer Airport, Mohindar Kumar Chaudhary and his counterpart at Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Hisar, Mahavir Singh Beniwal.

The additional general manager of Sanganer International Airport's air traffic control Manoj Jain was also suspected to have colluded with the the two. The three officers are now in judicial custody.

''Preliminary investigations suggest that at least five of the 14 persons including Rahul Yadav, Anup Chaudhary, Amit Mundra, Nitin Jain and Rajesh Marani are working as pilots with airline companies including Indian Airlines, SpiceJet and JetLite,'' said Bhupendra Yadav. He said that others including Neeraj Kumar, Sahil Malik, Priyeta Sharma, Sanjeev Gupta, Rajesh Mehta and Nidhi Vashistha are either engineers or are working in various departments of airline companies.

One Pallavi Hemaserg is working as an assistant pilot instructor in Nagpur. While Manoj Dhaka has migrated abroad, one Sumit Jain is said to be unemployed at present. ACB has already arrested one of these trainees, Rahul Yadav, who claims to have already flown 1,000 hours. ''These pilots will be arrested in course of investigation,'' said IG, ACB, Umesh Mishra.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Aviation case: Two more First Information Reports lodged (India)
JAIPUR: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Thursday registered two more FIRs against chief flying instructor of Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Hisar, Mahavir Singh Beniwal and his counterpart at the Rajasthan state flying school, Sanganer Airport, Mohindar Kumar Chaudhary, for issuing CPL to one Priyeta Sharma, a resident of Kota city and Rakesh Mehta, a resident of Janakpuri in New Delhi..

The accused allegedly issued CLP to Sharma and Mehta even though the latter had not completed stipulated hours of flying training. They also incurred losses to the state exchequer by charging less fee from the applicants.

IG (ACB) Umesh Mishra, said that Priyeta Sharma underwent commercial pilot training in 2004-2007. "In reality, she completed just 54 hours and 35 minutes of training, but Mohindar Kumar, Mahavir Singh and officers of Sanganer's air traffic control (ATC) made entry of 145 hours of training in records," said Mishra.

Besides, a fake certificate of cross entry from Jaipur to Bhiwani, Bhiwani to Hisar and Hisar to Jaipur was issued to Sharma by Mohindar Kumar and Beniwal. "Neither there is an entry of the certificate in the ATC record nor is it certified by any ATC officer," said IG.

He added that Priyeta had deposited Rs 70,000 as fee for training of about 54 hours, but she should have paid Rs 1.26 lakh as per rules. "This way the accused incurred losses to the state exchequer also," said the officer.

The ACB, on Thursday, produced Mohindar Kumar and assistant general manager, Sanganer Airpor Manoj Jain in an ACB court which sent them to 15-day judicial custody. A total of seven FIRs have been registered against Mohindar Kumar, who has been arrested six times since July this year.

The ACB had arrested Mohindar Kumar and Manoj Jain on Tuesday. "So far, we have come to know that at least 14 applicants were issued CPLs fraudulently by the accused persons. Further investigation is going on," said the officer. The ACB will also rush a team to Hisar in Haryana to seize documents related to these cases.

Source:  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Jaipur: Four booked for fudging records to issue pilot license. (India)
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered yet another case against four persons in connection with issuance of forged documents for commercial pilot's license causing loss to the state exchequer.

Inspector general, ACB, Umesh Mishra, said that Mahaveer Singh Beniwal and Mahendra Kumar, chief flying instructors of Hisar and Jaipur respectively, air traffic controller (ATC) official of Sanganer Airport Manoj Jain and Kota-based trainee Priyeta Sharma were involved in the case.

He said that Sharma was issued forged documents by the officials related to training and cross-country flying, which caused financial loss to the state exchequer.

Sharma, a resident of Kota, had enrolled for the commercial flying pilot course at the Rajasthan State Flying School in 2004. She was trained only for 54 hours, but Kumar mentioned 145 hours of flying in her record and sent it to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Beniwal and Kumar also forged details of cross-country flying of 300 nautical miles from Jaipur to Hisar via Bhiwani.

During investigation, it was found in flying school records that Sharma deposited only Rs. 70,000 instead of Rs. 1,26,000 against the flying training, thus causing loss of Rs. 56,000.

When the ACB checked the records at Sanganer institute, it found that Sharma was only given 22 hours of training. In cross-country flying, it was shown in the records that Sharma flew from Jaipur to Hisar and back to Jaipur and even a fake certificate was issued by chief flying officers of Jaipur and Hisar.

Mishra said that a case under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120 (b) of IPC has been registered against them.

Source:  http://www.ndtv.com
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...Mohindar Kumar Chaudhary...Hisar, Mahavir Singh Beniwal...Manoj Jain...Rahul Yadav...Anup Chaudhary...Amit Mundra...Nitin Jain...Rajesh Marani...Bhupendra Yadav....Neeraj Kumar...Sahil Malik...Priyeta Sharma...Sanjeev Gupta...Rajesh Mehta...Nidhi Vashistha... Pallavi Hemaserg...Manoj Dhaka...Sumit Jain...Rahul Yadav...Umesh Mishra...

You know any of these guys from flight school, Flyboy?

[flyboy2548m]

...Mohindar Kumar Chaudhary...Hisar, Mahavir Singh Beniwal...Manoj Jain...Rahul Yadav...Anup Chaudhary...Amit Mundra...Nitin Jain...Rajesh Marani...Bhupendra Yadav....Neeraj Kumar...Sahil Malik...Priyeta Sharma...Sanjeev Gupta...Rajesh Mehta...Nidhi Vashistha... Pallavi Hemaserg...Manoj Dhaka...Sumit Jain...Rahul Yadav...Umesh Mishra...

You know any of these guys from flight school, Flyboy?

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