Serious procedural lapses, pilot and crew suspended: DGCA
During the taxing of aircraft, an Additional Crew Member (ACM), travelling as a passenger, seated on 35A apparently observed fire on the Left Engine and informed another ACM also travelling as a passenger, seated on 35B, who also claimed to have seen the fire.
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The PIC, on receiving the confirmation pulled the fire handles for left engine, right engine and APU. However he did not discharge any of the fire bottles. PIC ordered the evacuation from the aircraft.
What did he do that for?
Geez, I think someone took the emergency a bit too serious. Recently upgraded captain maybe?
