(a) whether any accident at Mumbai airport has been reported recently;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of the action taken against the officials responsible
for this
and
(d) the efforts being made by the Government to prevent such accidents
at airports in various parts of the country?
Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI K. C. VENUGOPAL )
(a)& (b): Two serious incidents have occurred at Mumbai Airport during the
year 2013. Both the Serious Incidents are being investigated by AAIB. The
Details of the Serious incidents are as follows:
# Runway Excursion incident to M/s Indigo A320 aircraft VT-IEW while
landing at Mumbai on09.03.2013.
# Incident of landing without ATC clearance by M/s Air India A319
aircraft VT-SCL at Mumbai on 12.04.2013.
(c) In above mentioned cases pilots of both the aircrafts and one
(1) ATC personnel have been off rostered from duties pending
investigation.All the investigations are carried out as per ICAO
Annex 13. According to which, `the sole objective of the investigation
of an accident or incident shall be the prevention ofaccidents and
incidents and not to apportion blame or liability.`
(d) Action is taken on Recommendations emanating from the Accident/
incident investigation reports to prevent such accidents. These
include dissemination of safety information in Air Safety Circulars,
Periodic spot checks, monitoring compliance of such recommendations
during the annual programme surveillance/audit of the operators.