A year-long investigation into the Air India Express accident at Kozhikode airport in August last year has revealed non-adherence to the standard operating procedure by the pilot-in-command as the probable cause of the plane crash. In addition to this, 16 factors including a “faulty” human resources policy at the disinvestment-bound airline, poor crew resource management, lack of updates for the dynamic weather changes and absence of “clear cut guidelines” by the aviation regulator on monitoring of long landings contributed to the crash that killed 21 people, including the two pilots.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Dubai to Kozhikode with 190 people on board on August 7 last year overshot the tabletop runway at its destination and broke into pieces, in what was its second attempt at landing in adverse weather conditions.
