New Delhi: The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) has suspended the flying licence of the four pilots who allowed their or their colleagues children inside the cockpit mid-air on two flights. And the pilot of the third flight who allowed passengers inside the cockpit of a plane on ground being prepared to take off has been derostered, or taken off flying duties.
A senior DGCA official said that on Wednesday the captain of Air India's AI 660 (Goa-Mumbai) flight took his son inside the cockpit while the plane was flying over the azure blue waters of the Arabian Sea.
In the second case, the pilots of AI's Delhi-Bagdogra flight last Wednesday (AI 879) took the daughter of their airline's engineer (who was a passenger) inside the cockpit to show how the plane flies. "The flying licence of the captains and co-pilots of these flights have been suspended for a month," the DGCA official said.
And in the last case, an IndiGo commander on April 1 allowed 12 passengers, including some children, inside the cockpit as his flight 6E-338 (Goa-Delhi) was being prepared for take-off. "The airline has taken this captain off flying duties," the DGCA official said.
04/04/14 Times of India
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A senior DGCA official said that on Wednesday the captain of Air India's AI 660 (Goa-Mumbai) flight took his son inside the cockpit while the plane was flying over the azure blue waters of the Arabian Sea.
In the second case, the pilots of AI's Delhi-Bagdogra flight last Wednesday (AI 879) took the daughter of their airline's engineer (who was a passenger) inside the cockpit to show how the plane flies. "The flying licence of the captains and co-pilots of these flights have been suspended for a month," the DGCA official said.
And in the last case, an IndiGo commander on April 1 allowed 12 passengers, including some children, inside the cockpit as his flight 6E-338 (Goa-Delhi) was being prepared for take-off. "The airline has taken this captain off flying duties," the DGCA official said.
04/04/14 Times of India
