IndiGo flight 6E-7204 suffered a tail strike during landing at Vijayawada Airport, India, on March 28th.
The incident happened when the plane was coming from Bangalore, India.
The plane rolled out uneventfully.
All passengers and crew members remained safe.
What: Air India plane en route from Guwahat to Kolkata
Where: NSCB International airport
When: Sept 9 2011
Who: 105 passengers
Why: On approach to the airport, the plane developed issues with the landing gear, and declared an emergency.
Rescue services were on standby as the pilot landed the plane. No injuries were reported.
A letter written by Jet Airway’s Society for Welfare of Indian Pilots complains that the new limits for pilots flight time are set at 10 hours (compared to US’s 8) and the Director of Operations can extend that time an hour and a half. The letter points out that the committee selectively adopted from various schemes/studies whatever limits that suited them, extending the time well beyond what would be considered safe.
In the US, the maximum time pilots can be scheduled to fly is limited to eight or nine hours. US Pilots must get a minimum of 10 hours to rest between duty periods, a two-hour increase over the old rules; and pilots who fly overnight are allocated fewer hours than day flying pilots. In the US, these rules are based on the science of human biology.
The changes in US fatigue rules are aimed at preventing airline pilots from flying while dangerously fatigued. Notably, by comparison, the maximum hours of work prescribed for Indian pilots is about 25% more. The Nasim Zaidi Committee rules either completely disregarded the science, and furthermore, incorrectly defineterms pertaining to night-time operations, further opening up the pilots to further exploitation.
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JetBlue has corrected an earlier report that the plane sustained hail damage. The airline is now saying that a tail strike on take-off caused the damage and subsequently the emergency landing.
What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Long Beach
Where: New York
When: Mar 28th 2010
Who: 144 on board
Why: Leaving the runway, the plane’s tail impacted either hail or a bird or had a tail strike (reports conflict); the flight returned to JFK and made a safe landing so that the damage could be checked out. Passengers debarked, and boarded an alternative plane some time later.
On May 27 2013, an Air India Flight 452 A321 en route from Visakhapatnam to Delhi was in the air for an hour and a half when alerts indicated engine fluctuations.
Pilots diverted to Nagpur where they made a safe landing at Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport at 11:00 a.m.. None of the 174 passengers and crew reported injury.
Passengers were provided alternative flights to Delhi.
Air India flight AI 102 had to make an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, on January 12.
The Boeing 777-300, flying from New York, had to make a precautionary landing after the crew noticed low pressure in one of its tyres.
The plane landed safely.
All 325 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
IndiGo flight 6E-685 had to reject takeoff from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, India, on May 18th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Mumbai, India, when the crew noticed an engine issue and rejected takeoff.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
