New Delhi: Two Spicejet pilots have de-register after landing Hyderabad-Belgaum flights at the end of the wrong runway in the destination on Sunday.
The flight authority has taken a hard view because the crew suspected of not reporting this and operating the Q400 Dash8 returned to Hyderabad.
Only when the Indian Authority Airport (AAI) reported “serious incident” that Spicejet told the plane accident investigation body (AAIB), the investigators said.
But at that time, the recording of the crucial cockpit sound recorder (CVR) at the time of the incident was lost because the CVR record in the loop only saved the last two hours of conversation on the flight deck, they added.
The incident was categorized as serious, AAIB to the Probead traffic control has cleaned the Spicejet Dash8 Q400 Aircraft (VT-SQC) which operates SG-3733 to land on runway 26 in Belgaum.
However, the pilot landed on the runway 08 (meaning, it was touched at the end of the runway instead of the designated tip), “said a senior official.
The plane landed at 11:30 a.m.
on a unexpointed basis.” Even though this is quite serious, pilot make mistakes that are even bigger by not telling about the same thing.
They flew back to Hyderabad and came home.
Only after AAI informed about this, whether Spicejet told AAIB at 3:37 a.m.
(four hours after the wrong landing), “said the senior investigator.
The travel time of Belgaum-Hyderabad is 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Operating a return flight means that CVR recordings When the wrong landing might have been “washed when the recording can only record up to two hours” Appeared to be investigated on Monday, “said a source.
A spookjet spokesman said:” On Sunday (October 24), Spicejet Dash8 Q400 Aircraft is operated from Hyderabad to Belgaum.
According to the information received, ATC has cleared the plane to land on Runway 26 in Belgaum.
The plane, however, landed on the runway 08.
The plane landed safely.
The two pilots have been based and investigations begin.
“In the past there was an instance when the crew waited for reporting problems on flights after some time to ensure the recorded CVR recorded and new recorded recordings were lost.
For example, several years returned, the crew and pilot of international flights of Indian carrier (not spice-jets) quarreled.
The crew who reported this problem was waiting for hours to ensure aircraft flying for several hours and recording fresh CVR recorded.