DGCA Issues Safety Directions to Airlines for Monsoons
The DGCA asked Indian airlines to make available sufficiently experienced crew in the cockpit.
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In a stern warning to airlines, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) director general, on Wednesday, 3 July said all aircraft should refrain from landing with an "unstabilised approach" while experiencing adverse weather conditions and initiate a go around.
The DGCA had, in a communique on 2 July asked airlines to make available sufficiently experienced crew in the cockpit and that rostering of the crew should factor in the fatigue element associated with the operations during adverse weather conditions.
"We have also instructed heads of flight safety of airlines to include in their safety briefings to pilots, an express instruction to refrain from landing with unstabilised approach while experiencing adverse weather conditions and initiate a go around," Director General of Civil Aviation Arun Kumar said in his message.
He also said that safety cannot be compromised at any cost.
A senior official at the DGCA told PTI that it is probing the incidents of planes overshooting runways. Earlier in the day, a SpiceJet flight veered off its path on the runway while landing at Kolkata airport, damaging four lights.
On 30 June, another SpiceJet plane from Bhopal veered off the runway at Surat airport due to heavy rainfall and wind. On the same day, an Air India Express flight moved away from the taxiway after landing and got stuck in soft ground at the Mangalore airport.
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