In the past 20 days, the country’s aviation regulator has suspended 12 pilots from across the country, in six different investigations.
This is the first time that the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended pilots for a year. Industry experts said the rapid frequency of incidents suggested the training imparted to pilots needs improvement.
The six cases that the DGCA has been investigating cover a three-month period, beginning with April 29 when SpiceJet’s (B737 aircraft) Delhi-Shirdi flight overshot the runway. On June 9, pilots of Air Asia’s Delhi- Srinagar flight ignored the warning that the aircraft’s first engine had failed.
