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Report: Co-pilot moved seat, sent jetliner plummeting
The co-pilot of an Air India Express 737 sent the jetliner into a terrifying 7,000-foot plunge in May when he accidentally hit the control column while adjusting his seat, investigators report.
According to the report from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the co-pilot panicked and was unable to execute the proper procedures as the jetliner dropped from 37,000 feet at a 26-degree angle. The plane and its 113 passengers were saved when the pilot, who’d gone on a bathroom break, used an emergency code to get into the locked cockpit, jumped back into his seat and grabbed the controls to bring the plummeting plane out of its dive.
The aircraft would have broken apart if the descent had continued, the aviation agency report said. The aircraft was not damaged and no one was injured, the report said.
After the pilot, 39, regained control of the plane, he told passengers, who were in the middle of a meal when the jet plunged, that the plane had “went through an air pocket and that is why there was a rapid descent,” according to the report.
The aviation agency report concluded that the 25-year-old co-pilot had not been trained in the specific scenario the jet encountered and “probably had no clue to tackle this kind of emergency.”
Neither the pilot nor co-pilot were named in the report.
The Air India Express flight was en route from Dubai to Pune, India, on May 25 when the incident occurred.
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they need to fire the damn autopilot & make the captain wear a diaper!
This is exactly what happens when you fly third-world airlines.
For a $10 cheaper fare, I bet you'll fly any airline.
So, yes since the cost of obtaining that type of pilots license is in the 2 million, most pilots come from military and cannot afford to panic and do not. In our country they are usally a bit older since they have to contribute 6 years post college. We don't usually hear of this sort of mayhem in the u.s.
HOLY CRAP.....! "The co-pilot didn't know what to do".?? HOLY-CRAP.!
I never flew a jetliner, but have flown FAA part 135 cargo in turboporps (ALONE, NO co-pilot) and I KNEW WHAT TO DO when an Emergency developed.!
I hope people of the WORLD will AVOID this airline like the PLAGUE.!
They must have the record of the LEAST TRAINING provided to their flight crews.!
Again......."HOLY-CRAP".... He didnt know what to do.???!
It's really not complicated: he fell asleep.
Hmm you flew alone??? holy crap.. what if you have a heart attack.....
How did I know this wasn't an American jet, when i read the headline?
The only thing better about American pilots (so far) is that when they catch some zzzzs, they don't bump off the autopilots.
Huge respect to the captain for not only handling the situation the way only a great captain would but also keeping the passengers from panicking after the fact!
For gods sake people.. He was giving Leslie Neilson his deserved tribute!
I am a dentist, a fireman, and a world champion cup-stacker and this story is not rubbish!!!
Well, I am a brain surgeon. I can attest to the fact I removed that co-pilots brain just before the flight.....it's not his fault.
hey alansmithee, this was not even close to the same thing. I know this for a fact. This TWA incident was a clear malfunction of the aircraft.
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The real story is being missed here. In many countries ciivilian aviation always has been smaller than military aviation until recently. The number of flights and India and several other countries has grown ten fold in just a few years. No matter how poorlly Indian airlines have been run in the past, the pilots have always been good as they have worked in an air force which has been actively deployed several times in the last 50 years. Now for the first time civil aviation is booming and the airforce is shrinking (or they are using more missles and drones) to do what pilots did before. There is a global shortage of air-force pilots. I bet the pilot was an ex- India air force and the co-pilot went to some rinky dink training school in the US. He probably passed the technical exams but didnt have any emergency time under his belt. I've always said – I dont care how easy it is to fly a modern jetliner; the reason we should pay pilots well is for those once in thousand situations where you dont follow the manual.
Please sir, what this have to do with death of beloved Princess?
And these guys complain that they have to go through TSA screening. Sounds like both should have to submit to a drug and alchol screening... Fools.
Third world pilots. Gotta luv em.
Holy mackerel my friend.. what is it doing now !??
I am a truck driver. I am a 9th grade graduate and I am Batman. I say this story is absolutely true.