The owner of VSR Ventures, whose aircraft carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed, suggests the pilot initiated a 'missed approach' due to poor visibility. The owner vouches for the pilot's experience and the aircraft's maintenance.
The Learjet 45XR aircraft, which was carrying Ajit Pawar and four others from Mumbai, crashed near Baramati airport at 8.48 am on Wednesday.
"The aircraft was cleared to land on runway 11 at 0843 IST (8.43 am). However, they did not give a readback of the landing clearance (did not respond to ATC). Next, the ATC saw the flames around the threshold of runway 11 at 0844 IST (8.44 am)," the civil aviation ministry statement said.
Helicopters are anticipated to be more in demand compared to fixed-wing aircraft as choppers will help in providing accessibility to rural and remote areas in a shorter time.
Indian officials on Sunday said that an Indian plane was not involved in a crash in Afghanistan amid reports that an aircraft from India met with an accident there on Saturday night.
Despite the sops, scheduled carriers might not be interested in operating such routes.
While scheduled airlines operate flights as per schedules drawn up for several months or even years and are committed to flying during these periods on these routes, an NSOP or a charter operates irregularly and may be planned a short time before a flight.
We are also looking to see if we can put guidelines for NSOPs: Ajit singh
The airlines in their representation had said that pilots had to be spared for the renewal procedure, which took a lot of time.
Regulator in action after grounding pilots for allowing passengers into the cockpit.
During the checks on the Cessna aircraft registered with Business Jets India, the DGCA found that the pilots in command did not have necessary training certificates.
Charter operators might have to cough up Rs 1,000-Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 10-12 billion) as taxes and penalty for aircraft that they have imported under the Non-Scheduled Operators Permit (NSOP) even though they are being put on personal use.
Sobha Puravankara is yet to explain to the safety lapses found by the DGCA.
While waiting for an independent aviation agency to be legislated, moves to address American aviation authority's audit rap.
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