Six pilots de-rostered a day after plane-skid in Mumbai
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The aviation regulator Wednesday de-rostered six pilots of Kingfisher Airlines, Air India and Go Air for violating norms and landing on a short runway under rainy conditions at the Mumbai airport.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) initiated action on a day after a Kingfisher aircraft skidded off the runway at the airport.
‘Three airlines on November 10 operated flights during wet runway conditions at Mumbai airport. We have issued show-cause notices to these three operators for alleged violations of directions regarding wet runway operations,’ DGCA said.
‘No operation shall take place when runway surface is wet,’ it said, adding: ‘No assisted take-off and landing is permitted (under these conditions).’
The DGCA has also asked the three airlines to explain why their pilots violated norms when operating on a wet and short runway, despite the guidelines of the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), the airport developer.
MIAL is currently working on overlaying a runway at Mumbai airport. The work started Oct 1 and is expected to end by January.
During this period, this tarmac is available on Tuesdays only for six hours for short runway operations till March next year.
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