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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.
None dead, no problem. This will be a new coaster ride at Six Flags over Mumbai inside a year.
Maybe the copilot's commands were not even wired...
Wikileaks?
Sounds like a Southwest Airlines commercial .. "Want to Get Away?"
Air India slogan – "Enjoy every flight, it might be your last".
Thank you. Come again!
hahahaha
Nice!
The Co-Pilot had to call tech support to find out what to do in this situation, but couldnt understand the accent of the indian tech support specialist that was talking in a fake a american accent.
Thank you, come again!
Thus said the Indian co-pilot just before it crashes, "oops! Did I do that?"
Thus said the Indian co-pilot just before it crashes, "opps... Yippity-Bipity Doe! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa!
And like every US Airliner, the pilot quickly lied to the passengers. He must have had training on Delta, or better yet, Alaska Air.
im pretty sure he needed an undies change after that..poor little indian guy...couldnt even see over the dashboard.
Too Funny! I bet he could see over the dashboard when the plane was descending at a 26 degree angle! What a moron co-pilot!
I had to walk away from my desk at work because I couldn't stop laughing. Lovely piece of comedy. Thanks.
"Sienna" is spelled with an "S."
Congratulations Alex Sienna is spelled with an S and Cienna is spelled with a C.
"went through an air pocket" Right. More like "pilot is an air head". Nice job Apu.
an air pocket in the air? planes fly in the air, how the hell can there be an air pocket?
an air pocket is a sudden change in air pressure. If its a down draft the aircraft entiring it will drop suddenly
Life is cheap in India