Putting the entire blame of Friday’s Air India Express crash on pilot error, are aviation regulators ignoring their role in blocking pleas that warned about the inherent risks attached to tabletop airports? The Environment Support Group (ESG) says its repeated pleas from 2000 on the risks involved were ignored.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief had indicated in a televised interview on Saturday that the pilot’s error of judgment could have led to the accident that killed 18 people. Aviation safety consultants endorsed this, but only partly, stating that the Kozhikode airport had unaddressed faults.
