Serious [ Straits Times News ] Singapore Travelers Beware of Indian Airline & Pilots : Air India Plane Hits Wall On Take-Off & Flies 4 hours With Damaged Body

[grandtour]

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...eoff-then-flies-for-4-hours-with-damaged-body

Air India jet hits wall on take-off, then flies for 4 hours with damaged body

The Boeing 737 suffered the damage as it left Trichy in southern India bound for Dubai.PHOTOS: TWITTER/TARUN SHUKLA, TWITTER/VISHNU SOM

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NEW DELHI (AFP) - Air India on Friday (Oct 12) grounded two pilots after one of its jets carrying 136 people hit an airport perimeter wall on take-off and then flew for almost four hours with a damaged body, officials said.

The Boeing 737 suffered the damage as it left Trichy in southern India bound for Dubai.

Officials at the airport in Tamil Nadu state "observed that aircraft might have come in contact with the airport perimeter wall", said an Air India statement.

 

[grandtour]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45833239

Air India plane hits wall on take-off

• 12 October 2018

A passenger plane travelling from the south Indian city of Trichy to Dubai sustained damage after hitting the airport wall during take off.

Air India IX 611, which was carrying 130 passengers and six crew members, was diverted to Mumbai, where it landed safely.

Air India said the two pilots, who have more than 6,500 hours of flying experience between them, have been grounded, pending investigation.

Air India is India's national carrier.

The airline said in a statement that the Boeing 737 aircraft took off from Trichy airport in southern India early on Friday when airport officials "observed that aircraft might have come in contact with the airport perimeter wall".

The aircraft has sustained some damage.

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"The matter was conveyed to the pilot in command. The pilot in command reported that the aircraft systems were operating normally."

The plane was then diverted to the western city of Mumbai.

The plane clipped the airport wall in Trichy


The incident has been reported to the aviation regulator and Air India says it is cooperating with the investigation.

It comes weeks after more than 30 passengers aboard Indian carrier Jet Airways had to receive treatment after pilots "forgot" to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure.

One of India's oldest airlines, Air India has not turned a profit since 2007.

In June 2017, India's cabinet approved plans to privatise the carrier. But it failed to attract buyers after the federal government offered to sell a controlling stake.

Any buyer would have to take on about $5bn (£3.7bn) of debt, which is only about half of what the airline owes.

 

[maxxi]

Still pressurize the aircraft?

 

[Semaj2357]

Still pressurize the aircraft?

the over-powering stench would've stabilized the cabin pressure, all systems well and working!

 

[AhMeng]

These Indians should be banned from becoming pilots. Lol

 

[syed putra]

These Indians should be banned from becoming pilots. Lol

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/12/asia/air-china-smoking-pilots-intl/index.html

And ban chinese pilots too.

 

[Rogue Trader]

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/12/asia/air-china-smoking-pilots-intl/index.html

And ban chinese pilots too.

m&ds never become pilots. They get high on something else

 

[zhihau]

It's ok... they have more than 1.4 billion folks at the moment.

what's one plane load to them?

 

[musashi]

the over-powering stench would've stabilized the cabin pressure, all systems well and working!

Is that yet another "proof" that:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_people
and not:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Mohs
are the "best"?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Incredible India...maybe it's time to develop pilotless planes...instead of driverless cars...better return n more safety

 

[tanwahtiu]

Fuck you. If they are Chinese plane and pilot you wld slander the Chinese and happy like a toad wah wah..wah..

Dickhead.. 多嘴...

These Indians should be banned from becoming pilots. Lol

 

[tanwahtiu]

Told u ah neh are bad in hard skill jobs only good at soft jobs where yhey cam cheat, fake, lie and steal jobs.

This pilot job fits them pretend, and cheat, never hear loud bang noise that hit something and move on....

Incredible India...maybe it's time to develop pilotless planes...instead of driverless cars...better return n more safety

 

[borom]

Why are people complaining here when their elected govt allow hordes of Indians into their own country to take over their jobs-by electing a govt that do that you are in fact saying their behaviour is correct.
Singapore People vote for PAP
PAP likes Indians
Therefore Singapore People like Indians.
This is simple logic.
Primary school maths in fact

 

[halsey02]

It was the wall fault, why was it standing there?