Three months after an IndiGo plane was flown dangerously close to the road, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has revoked the licences of the pilots who were responsible for the event.
The IndiGo flight 6E-237 from Ahmedabad was minutes away from touchdown at Jaipur Airport on 27 February when a warning from Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) alerted them that they had mistaken the road for a runway.
After the warning, the pilots turned the plane around and managed to land it at Jaipur airport.
Installed in an aircraft, the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) provides a timely warning to the flight crew when the aeroplane is in potentially hazardous proximity to the earth’s surface.
The DGCA is investigating the matter and taking serious note of the violation with the regulator suspending the flying licences of two pilots, sources said.
The matter has brought attention to the serious lack of aviation safety with the most recent case being a New Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Vadodara with 177 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the city airport due to a technical fault.
(With PTI inputs)
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