The plane crash happened in Kozhikode once more awaken the government regarding our aviation and Air Traffic Control (ATC) system. Recently, Air India Express Flight IX1344 crashed in Kozhikode carrying 190 passengers leads to death of 18 people including both pilots. Obviously, this is not the first time in 21st century in India.
- PATNA , JULY 2000
Alliance Air Flight 7412, crashed landed in Patna, Bihar. On July 17, Flight departed from Kolkata for Delhi with its two stop over i.e Patna and Lucknow respectively. While approaching to first stop over plane crash landed in residential area of Patna killing over 60 people including 5 people on ground. The final report of investigations concluded that crash was due to pilot error. But there are many controversies over the report as the fault was of ATC not pilot and some reports says engine caught fire before landing. As both black boxes were found by search and rescue teams, investigators tore into both black boxes and analyzed their contents. The results showed that the engines were at idle thrust throughout the descent profile and the speed was continuously reducing. It was not clear why the engines were kept at idle thrust even after selecting Flaps 40. It was perhaps because the aircraft was higher than normal on approach. If the intention was to regain the correct glide path then classic flying technique would have required the Pilot to maintain speed by reducing the angle of attack by pushing the control column forward while allowing the aircraft to regain the correct glide path with an increased rate of descent.
- Manglore, May 2010
Air India Express Flight 812, operating from Dubai to Manglore crashed on landing . Of 160 passenger and 6 crew members on board 158 were died and only 8 survived. This incident recorded as third deadliest accident in Indian aviation history.
The enquiry report submitted by the Civil Aviation Ministry said that Glušica slept for over 90 minutes during the flight. According to the NTSB, it was the first instance of snoring recorded on a cockpit voice recorder. Analysis of the accident revealed that had the pilot “deployed detent reverse thrust and applied maximum manual braking at touchdown”, the aircraft could have stopped within the paved overrun area of the runway. However, the captain had exacerbated the long landing by attempting a go-around following deployment of the thrust reversers.PM Manmohan Singh announced Rs 2 Lakh for the families of the dead and Rs 50,000 for injured to be allocated. Chief Minister Yeddyurappa also announced Rs 2 Lakh compensation for families of dead also Civil Aviation Ministry advised to provide Rs 72 Lakh to family members of each victim as per provision by Indian Carriage Act.
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