Mumbai: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered an
audit of pilots' training in Jet Airways. And, directed the de-rostering
of two pilots who failed to notice a 5,000 ft altitude change when
their Boeing 777 was in Turkey last week.
The incident took place on the airline's Mumbai-Brussels flight and the regulator will probe whether the autopilot tripped or was inadvertently turned off, resulting in the sudden drop in altitude. The flight is operated with two cockpit crew. On Wednesday, DGCA questioned the pilots about the incident.
The captain said he was taking a nap while the co pilot claimed she was reading a tablet. DGCA allows pilots to take "controlled rest" inside the cockpit and has laid down procedures in this regard. "The autopilot might have disengaged or got turned off inadvertently,'' a Jet Airways source said. Whenever an autopilot switches off or whenever an aircraft climbs or descends 300 ft from the previously selected altitude, a warning beep gets activated and the regulator will have to find why the pilots did not react. This beep gets activated for both controlled and uncontrolled altitude changes.
Read news in full 14/08/14 Business Standard
The incident took place on the airline's Mumbai-Brussels flight and the regulator will probe whether the autopilot tripped or was inadvertently turned off, resulting in the sudden drop in altitude. The flight is operated with two cockpit crew. On Wednesday, DGCA questioned the pilots about the incident.
The captain said he was taking a nap while the co pilot claimed she was reading a tablet. DGCA allows pilots to take "controlled rest" inside the cockpit and has laid down procedures in this regard. "The autopilot might have disengaged or got turned off inadvertently,'' a Jet Airways source said. Whenever an autopilot switches off or whenever an aircraft climbs or descends 300 ft from the previously selected altitude, a warning beep gets activated and the regulator will have to find why the pilots did not react. This beep gets activated for both controlled and uncontrolled altitude changes.
Read news in full 14/08/14 Business Standard
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