AIR INDIA EXPRESS :

Deadly plane
crash blamed
blamed
on human error
Attiphat Wijit no.1
Chanikarn Prabphairin no.15
 PILOT ERROR AND FAILURE TO FOLLOW
SAFETY GUIDELINES PROBABLY LED TO THE
CRASH OF AN AIR INDIA EXPRESS PLANE IN
AUGUST LAST YEAR, INVESTIGATORS SAY.

The passenger plane with 190 people on board

crashed at the Calicut airport in the southern state of
Kerala, killing 21 people.

The Boeing 737, which had flown from Dubai, skidded

off the runway in rain and broke in two after landing.

The flight was repatriating Indians stranded by the

coronavirus crisis.
 The aircraft crashed as it attempted to land for
a second time. The first attempt was aborted
by the pilots because of the heavy monsoon-
season rainfall lashing Kerala.

They include that not carrying out "adequate

The report by India's Aircraft Accident
briefing" for landing with tailwinds in rain and
Investigation Bureau said there were several
poor visibility, as well as failure to "quickly
"violations" of operation procedures before
calculate accurate landing data in adverse
landing by the pilot.
weather conditions", contributed to the crash.
A malfunctioning windshield wiper
had also impaired visibility, the
257-page report said.
The pilot also "did not make the mandatory
announcement for the cabin crew to be
seated on the first approach for landing...
This is a very serious omission and
compromises cabin crew", the report said.

The report added that "systemic

failures" could have also
contributed to the crash.
 Plane crashes have happened before
during the monsoon season, in India
which lasts from June to September
and wreaks havoc across south Asia
every year.

"These usually
usually occur due to
prevailing safety culture that give In May 2010, 158 people died when an Air
rise to errors, mistakes and violation India Express flight overshot Mangalore
of routine tasks performed by people airport runway and crashed.
operating within the system," it
said.
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Present participle Past participle Perfect participle
Repatriating Indians, a Killed by plane crash, Having happened before during
plane stranded by the 21 people died. the monsoon season in India,
coronavirus crisis, air plane crashed.
plane crashed. Stranded by the
Operating within the coronavirus crisis, the Having been several
system, they gave rise to flight was repatriating violations of operating
errors, mistakes and Indians. procedures before landing,
violation of routine tasks and then they crashed.
performed.