Poor crew decisions and support cited in Air India A320 accident

India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has found a number of organisational and human errors contributed to a landing accident involving an Air India Airbus A320 Jan 5, 2014. The aircraft was operating a flight from Imphal and Guwahati to Delhi when it was forced to divert due to poor visibility at Delhi. The AAIB found that the crew erred in choosing to divert to an airfield with reducing visibility, which saw the crew attempt a manual landing below minimal conditions. It also found that Air India lacked operational supervision and ground support to the crew, a lack of oversight of flights operations and complacency in its quality assurance systems that failed to capture hazards. <br/>