Unable to have its Boeing 737 MAX still grounded, the Indian carrier SpiceJet hired two Airbus A320s from the Bulgarian airline BH Air.
Continue reading For lack of Boeing 737 MAX, SpiceJet hires Airbus A320
Continue reading For lack of Boeing 737 MAX, SpiceJet hires Airbus A320
CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD: Cumulonimbus is a heavy and dense cloud of considerable vertical extent in the form of a mountain or huge tower, often associated with heavy precipitation, lightning and thunder. The mature Cumulonimbus cloud has a distinctive flat, anvil shaped top. Continue reading CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD
NEW DELHI: IndiGo is in talks with Sydney-based Qantas Airways and its wholly owned subsidiary Jetstar Airways on codeshare agreements, which allows an airline to sell other airline’s seats, officials said. Continue reading IndiGo in talks with Jetstar, Qantas for codeshare partnership
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to ensure that pilots flying your planes or ATC officers guiding them are not high on dope or other such drugs, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to has ordered to now test flight crew and air traffic controllers (ATCO) for such drugs. Continue reading DGCA introduces tests to check pilots for psychoactive substances
Fatigue refers to a physiological state in which there is a decreased capacity to perform cognitive tasks and an increased variability in performance as a function of time on task.
Fatigue is also associated with tiredness, weakness, lack of energy, lethargy, depression, lack of motivation, and sleepiness. Continue reading Pilot Fatigue : A Matter Threatening Aviation Safety
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This article describes how the aerodrome weather observation data is obtained and disseminated to the users concerned. It also outlines the basic procedures for establishing and performing weather observations as well as the requirements for the observing equipment and the qualification of the met observers. Slight country-to-country variations are possible. Continue reading Weather Observations at Aerodromes
Sequence of Events and Observations by Investigating Team
B 737-800 aircraft was involved in an occurrence on 04-09-2017 at 2112, UTC (05-09-2017 at 0242 IST) at Cochin Airport while operating Flight from Abu Dhabi to Cochin.
Captain -59 Years old, highly experienced with almost 14500 Hrs. of Flying including 4176 Hrs. on Type. Continue reading ACCIDENT ANALYSIS-B-737-800-04 Sep 17- Cochin
Employing ICAO standards and recommended practices, as minimum international standards and recommended practices, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will ensure the highest level of safety in the Indian aviation system. Mindful of India’s State Safety Programme (SSP), DGCA will maintain an integrated set of regulations and activities aimed at enhancing aviation safety.
DGCA will implement proactive and as far as possible predictive strategies encouraging all stakeholders/ service providers to understand the benefits of a safety culture, which should be based on an inclusive reporting culture.
DGCA will foster and assist stakeholders in developing comprehensive Safety Management Systems (SMS) and will develop preventive safety strategies for the aviation system in an environment of a “just culture”. DGCA commits to:
That these personnel are specialists in their functional areas and competent in safety regulation of operators and service providers;
Conduct both performance-based and compliance-oriented activities, supported by analyses and prioritized resource allocation based on safety risks levels (proactively targeting regulatory attention on known areas of high risk);
Over the past five years, India’s aviation industry has grown fast: in 2018, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicted that India would be the world’s third largest aviation market by 2024, and grow from 158 million passengers in 2017 to 572 million by 2037. However, after four years of double-digit demand growth, in 2019, air traffic in India rose 5.1%, down from 18.9% growth in 2018, according to IATA. Continue reading Opinion: Where Does The Indian Airline Industry Go From Here?
Dauphin Helicopter was involved in an accident while operating a night training flight on 4th November 2015 from WIS platform to a rig.
The flight was a training flight with an examiner occupying the left hand side seat and the trainee (pilot under check) was occupying the right hand side seat. Continue reading Analysis of Helicopter Accident Offshore-04 Nov 15.