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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
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The investigation report blames the two pilots of the Air India Express flight for the Kozhikode crash last year. Are they merely the fall guys for a system that refuses to be held accountable?
On 11 September, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Civil Aviation submitted its much-delayed report on the crash of Air India Express flight AXB 1344 in Kozhikode last year. Twenty-one people, including the two pilots, lost their lives. There were 184 passengers and 6 crew on board. The report squarely put the blame on the pilots. It said:
“The probable cause of the accident was the non adherence to SOP by the PF [the captain], wherein, he continued an unstabilized approach and landed beyond the touchdown zone, half way down the runway, in spite of ‘Go Around’ …
As the low-cost carrier pushes through a compensation overhaul, the absence of a CEO is complicating a delicate moment.
The two new chief executives at Air India and IndiGo come with contrasting reputations but face the same challenge—do their predecessors one better.
A regulatory easing could see the billionaire’s conglomerate move from running airports to owning an airline—an idea he is warming up to, with multiple options open.
