mobanmarketNew Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday suspended two SpiceJet pilots for a year as their B737 aircraft made a late touchdown at the Mumbai airport — overshooting the runway on July 2, sources said.
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“The DGCA found that SpiceJet’s Coimbatore-Mumbai flight, which was being flown by the two pilots — Captain Karun Gujral and Captain Arpit Gandhi — on July 2, touched down approximately 4,462 feet from the runway threshold. This led to runway overrun,” one of the sources told PTI.
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The runway threshold area is the point from where the runway begins.
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“The B737 aircraft flown by these two pilots was floating for a long time before touchdown, the DGCA found in its investigation,” the source added.
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Both the pilots were issued show-cause notices on July 4 and they were asked to give a reply within 15 days by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the sources said.
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“Their replies were not found to be satisfactory. As a result, this action has been taken by the DGCA,” the source said.
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Both the pilots have been suspended for a period of one year from the date of the incident, the sources said.
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