Court acquits 2009 Indigo Airlines ‘hijack’ case accused of hijack charges; Conviction only for communicating false information that endangered passengers By Jacob K Philip Hijack or no hijack, it is next to impossible to prosecute any of the passengers who were aboard the controversial Air India Express Flight 4422, on October 19, 2012, on the basis of [...]
By Jacob K Philip It now has become more evident that Capt. Rupali Waghmare, the Pilot-In-Command of Air India Express flight 4422 was gravely at fault when she informed the young Controller at duty at Thiruvananthapuram Air Traffic Control in the morning hours of Friday the 19th that her aircraft was in a hijack like [...]
‘H word’ Overruled the Code; Controllers Acted by the Manual By Jacob K Philip It is learnt that the specific usage of the word “Hijack” by Capt. Rupali Waghmare that triggered all the anti-hijack procedures at Thiruvananthapuram Airport on Friday when the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India Express flight 4422 she had been commanding was parked [...]
Aviation India Demands Reopening of Air India Express Flight 812 Crash Investigation By Jacob K Philip It has now become clear that the Court of Inquiry that investigated the crash of Air India Express Flight 812 on May 22, 2010 had never considered a vital evidence that would have altered the very character and course [...]
By Jacob K Philip Editor, Aviation India The investigation of the 2011 May 22 crash of Air India Express Flight 812 must be reopened. The Indian Government should discard the the biased, incomplete and erroneous whitewash of a report submitted on April 26, 2011 by the Court of Inquiry and should immediately order a reinvestigation. The [...]
Airports Authority of India is guilty of both erecting a concrete structure at runway end and providing not enough rest for the ATCs (Mangalore Crash Report – Hidden Factors: 2) By Capt. A. Ranganathan When Air India Express Flight 812 crashed in the early morning of May 22, 2010, 158 lives were consumed by fire [...]
The “ Hard Landing” circular issued by Air India is a major contributor to the accident and the COI report has chosen to ignore this vital fact. By Capt. A. Ranganathan The Court of Inquiry report on the crash of Air India Express flight 812 on 22nd May 2010 has concluded that only the pilot [...]
By Jacob K Philip Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s aviation regulatory body alone is responsible for the Wednesday night’s small aircraft crash at Faridabad near Delhi that Killed all 7 people on board and 3 on ground. It was by violating its own regulations that DGCA had granted permission to the single engine [...]
Air India Express flight 812: An investigation gone hauntingly wrong-V By Jacob K Philip Because it was mandatory to reconstruct the shape of the aircraft with remains of the wreckage, the Court of Inquiry (CoI) appointed by the Govt of India to investigate the crash of Air India Express flight-812 too had attempted it with [...]
Air India Express flight 812: An investigation gone hauntingly wrong-IV By Jacob K Philip The sole objective of an aircraft accident or incident investigation is the prevention of future accidents and incidents and not to apportion blame or liability. The emphasis of an aircraft accident or incident investigation is on remedial actions. An aircraft accident [...]
