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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.
It would be interesting if either of these pilots are involved in the recent Indian goverment investigations regarding Indian airline pilots who "purchased" licenses and lied about flight time logged.
As I said before, all this airport security, vitual strip searches, feel ups, pat downs, is going to save you not even 1 in a million times, pilot error, mechanical malfunction, and weather will kill you far more easily & frequently.
I don't think people really needed another reason to avoid flying air india..
Be sure to change your own diaper before assisting others...
Sad, scary, but at the same time, I CANNOT stop chuckling!!!!! OMG, this definitely wins the "You just can't make this s**t up" certificate for this month!
I bet there was a lot of brown on that plane, and I don't mean Indians.
With people in panic mode, I guess that would have turned white. White like people of your kind put out!
Good thing the pilot wasn't hitting on that cute stewardess at the time.
I'm from the Church of Lunar Consciousness and will pray that pilot learns how to correctly pilot an airplane.
No Air India for me, period!
Geez, what an idiot. Everyone knows you just go full power, put down the landing gear, and bank 45 degrees right.
LOL funny
And forcibly send most of the passengers to the back of the plane so that the nose will be up !!!
Correct?
Copilot was also supposed to get off that "rubber doll" before banking...
Sounds like the co-pilot either was getting some action @ 37000 ft OR it was a cool prank on the Pilot in the bathroom !!!!
Wow, you're so cool.
No no no, he was getting a BJ from his Otto doll (think Airplane!) when Otto's head hit the column. Bad Otto...
pulling out of a dive, getting out of a stall... basic stuff for any pilot.
surely you can't be serious?
to the right? depends on the rotation of your rotary engine. dont pups go one way and spads go the other? i forgot.
You have a few things wrong here...plane is in a dive, so why would you add power to further more increase the speed? They said the plane would have broken apart had the dive continued so im gonna assume there was plenty of speed. Also, if the speed would have been adequate enough to tear the plane apart, what good would be done by putting the gear down? They'd certainly shear off. Not sure bout the 45 degree angle thing, that may be the only correct procedure you've suggested. Keep studying kiddo
Must have seen the ugly thing with 16 hands that indians worship
"I AM serious and stop calling me Shirley!"
Now you said something about snakes on the plane?!
Was it a Trouser Snake?
Roger and Owwwwwwt!
Where was Otto Pilot? RIP Leslie Nielson!
I am serious! And stop calling me Shirley!
Aircraft should have been trimmed for level flight before engaging autopilot. So if accidentally disengaged the pitch change should have been minimal. Somewhat really happened??
Looks like you are a trained pilot... Ahem! What about the strain on the air frame when the aircraft drastically attempts to correct the flight path? Thank god I will not fly when you are at controls. It's easy to criticize and jump to conclusions when you do not have to face the consequences. I think the error is he was not fully trained but handed the controls, even if secondary command.
Reminds me of Customer Support, how would anything else be different 🙂
"surely you can't be serious?"
I am serious. And don't call me Shirley!
@Akhil..you are clueless ..that's not my problem. Go take a flying lesson before shooting your mouth off and thanking god.
This happened May 25th and it's just being reported Nov. 30th???
I would just like to say that I am a commercial pilot, I am a writer, I am an aerospace engineer and this story is complete rubbish.
I agree!
And why is that? You spent almost your entire post telling us how qualified you are to make such an assessment and then never bothered to say anything coherent.
Matt....I bet you are also unemployed and tell people you are and airplane cun-so-lent-er...
I was in India during when this was happened. Yes, it was true. We heard from media that there was a air packet, due to which it descent 7000 ft so fast.
@Matt....heh heh.....and I'll bet you stayed at a Holiday Inn last night!
Please elaborate.
Paaaaaaaaaaaalease. An engineer and a pilot. You probably work at McDonalds. Now get off of your boss's iPhone and tend to the drive thru!
This link has a more technical explanation of what may have happened.
http://www.theonion.com/video/guatemalan-flights-datarecording-parrot-holds-clue,17785/
Yeah...what happened to the a/p disengage alarm?? 25 years old huh? Probably paid $15K/year to fly the right seat. Kids!
I would just like to say that I am the world's strongest handsome neurosurgeon millionaire. And thanks to anonymity on the internet, I can!
I was on this flight and crapped my pants!
Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.
LOL!!!!!
lmfao:-)
HAHA!!!!
@ Matt, I'm none of those but I thought the same thing after I read it. Plane in a nose dive and the co-pilot didin't know what to do? I don't buy it either.
You better do, that how licensing works there, you know what India CPA is, dont mix it up with USA CPA, its a 2 years diploma like a AA certificate, must be a CPA pilot...
There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?
Jive Lady: He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him.
Randy: All right. Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine?
Jive Lady: [to the Second Jive Dude] Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da' rebound on da' med side.
Second Jive Dude: What it is, big mama? My mama no raise no dummies. I dug her rap!
Jive Lady: Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help!
First Jive Dude: Say 'e can't hang, say seven up!
Jive Lady: Jive ass dude don't got no brains anyhow! Hmmph
No s***. As a pilot, I find this story complete nonsense. Not trained to recover from a shallow dive? Reduce power, pull back gently on the stick. Anyone who can't do that should be in the passenger section. So, there must be more to this.
Sounds like a scene from a Leslie Nielson movie. RIP Leslie
Amen
RIP Leslie. I am sure he was there in spirit. I wonder who deflated the inflatable co-pilot??? =)
I'd just like to let You know Striker ,We're all pulling for You