Jet mishap in Saudi: Pilots mistook taxiway for runway
The mystery behind the Mumbai-bound Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 veering off into soft ground at Riyadh airport last Friday has been solved. The pilots mistook a taxiway for a runway and attempted a take-off. Licences of both pilots have been suspended, said Lalit Gupta, joint director-general, DGCA, Monday. Pilots are generally de-rostered after any “incident”, pending investigation. The tougher decision points to the gravity of the incident. In 2000, a SIA plane crashed after a similar mistake killing 81. Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Investigation Bureau said that the visibility was high and there were no obstacles on the taxiway. Experts are taken aback by the error. “What’s strange is that it occurred at night, when the white runway-edge lights and the blue taxiway lights are clearly visible,’’ said a senior instructor with a foreign airline. <br/>
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Jet mishap in Saudi: Pilots mistook taxiway for runway
The mystery behind the Mumbai-bound Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 veering off into soft ground at Riyadh airport last Friday has been solved. The pilots mistook a taxiway for a runway and attempted a take-off. Licences of both pilots have been suspended, said Lalit Gupta, joint director-general, DGCA, Monday. Pilots are generally de-rostered after any “incident”, pending investigation. The tougher decision points to the gravity of the incident. In 2000, a SIA plane crashed after a similar mistake killing 81. Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Investigation Bureau said that the visibility was high and there were no obstacles on the taxiway. Experts are taken aback by the error. “What’s strange is that it occurred at night, when the white runway-edge lights and the blue taxiway lights are clearly visible,’’ said a senior instructor with a foreign airline. <br/>
