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The co-pilot of an Air India Express 737 sent the jetliner into a terrifying 7,000-foot plunge in May when he accidentally hit the control column while adjusting his seat, investigators report.
According to the report from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the co-pilot panicked and was unable to execute the proper procedures as the jetliner dropped from 37,000 feet at a 26-degree angle.
quote=The aviation agency report concluded that the 25-year-old co-pilot had not been trained in the specific scenario the jet encountered and “probably had no clue to tackle this kind of emergency.”
How stupid can you be? When the plane is in a dive you pull back on the yoke to ease the plane out of the dive. It's like the most basic part of flying. If you are a complete moron and have let the plane gain too much speed (because you sat around crying and wetting your pants for 20 seconds) and you are afraid pulling back on the yoke will put too much stress on the plane then you also reduce the throttle while you pull back on the yoke. This so-called "co-pilot" should never be allowed near a plane. I'm adding Air India Express to the list of airlines I will never fly.
That's what happens when you fly an airline based out of a third world country. Stick with US, Western European, Canadian, and established Asian carriers (Quantas, Singapore, etc.) if you value your life.
India has a law that requires at leat 50% of each airline's pilots to be Indian nationals. I bet most Indian airlines are complying with the letter of the law by making all of the co-pilots Indian nationals and still having foreigners as the pilots. That would be 50%.
The Air India Express flight was en route from Dubai to Pune, India, on May 25 when the incident occurred.
May 25th, hah? That's a very well-known day in the history of flights if you recall
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