Gulf Air flight from Bahrain overshoots runway at Kochi (Cochin)
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Gulf Air flight from Bahrain overshoots runway at Kochi (Cochin)
Plane skids off runway in Kochi: TV reports | Gulf Air flight from Bahrain overshoots runway | 2 Passengers Injured
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one report says aircraft deviated just before landing .now 7 injured with 1 being sent to hospital for broken bones.They say people jumped off the emergency exits in panic and that they didnt wait for ladders and hence the injuries.
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Reports said some passengers jumped down from the aircraft in panic through the emergency door even before the ladder was brought to the flight.
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According to TV here in Norway, the slides did not initially deploy, and that injuries where sustained when passengers jumped from the aft exits.
Did someone not arm the slides......and that they manually deployed them after the fact?
Did someone not arm the slides......and that they manually deployed them after the fact?
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... Writing this next to a picture of the plane showing inflated slides, I'm sure a ladder was needed...
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As is the custom, the DGCA has leaked some preliminary findings:
Business Line : Industry & Economy / Logistics :
‘Pilot error caused Gulf Air plane to skid off runway’
Ashwini Phadnis
New Delhi, Aug. 29:
Sources in the DGCA said that according to preliminary inquiries, pilot error was responsible for the Gulf Air plane skidding off the runway at the Kochi international airport on Monday.
Ashwini Phadnis
New Delhi, Aug. 29:
Sources in the DGCA said that according to preliminary inquiries, pilot error was responsible for the Gulf Air plane skidding off the runway at the Kochi international airport on Monday.
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Why would employees of a non-Indian airline have to submit to an IAF medical? Are we talking about having the right to fly in Indian airspace or their medical condition after the incident? If the latter why not Indian Civil Aviation dept?
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BBC reports that this occurred at 22:25 Zulu.
METAR's covering that period:
VOCI 29 0000Z 260/03KT 4000 HZ FEW008 SCT015 OVC080 26/24 Q1008 TEMPO VIS 2000M RA
VOCI 28 2330Z 280/05KT 4000 HZ FEW006 SCT015 OVC080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
VOCI 28 2300Z 000/00KT 4000 HZ FEW005 SCT015 OVC080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
VOCI 28 2130Z 290/05KT 3000 HZ SCT010 SCT080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
VOCI 28 2100Z 040/04KT 3000 HZ SCT010 BKN080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
Whilst not prejudging any reason for this incident, it does appear that there's a 1hr30min gap in METAR reports (between 21:30Z and 23:00Z), this being at variance with what's required by 'ICAO / Annex 3 / Metrological Services For International Air Navigation' which states the following: "Aerodrome reports include surface wind, visibility, runway visual range, present weather, cloud, air and dew-point temperature and atmospheric pressure, and are issued either half-hourly or hourly.", always remembering that India is indeed a member of ICAO.
In the BBC's report it is stated that "Officials said it was very windy and raining heavily at the time of the landing.". But this, however, would seem somewhat at odds with the METAR's listed above;... that is unless, within the 55 mins following the 21:30Z METAR, a thunderstorm had drifted in, but which was subsequently not reported by the local ATC (either directly, and / or seemingly definitely not within a METAR) ?!
METAR's covering that period:
VOCI 29 0000Z 260/03KT 4000 HZ FEW008 SCT015 OVC080 26/24 Q1008 TEMPO VIS 2000M RA
VOCI 28 2330Z 280/05KT 4000 HZ FEW006 SCT015 OVC080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
VOCI 28 2300Z 000/00KT 4000 HZ FEW005 SCT015 OVC080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
VOCI 28 2130Z 290/05KT 3000 HZ SCT010 SCT080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
VOCI 28 2100Z 040/04KT 3000 HZ SCT010 BKN080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
Whilst not prejudging any reason for this incident, it does appear that there's a 1hr30min gap in METAR reports (between 21:30Z and 23:00Z), this being at variance with what's required by 'ICAO / Annex 3 / Metrological Services For International Air Navigation' which states the following: "Aerodrome reports include surface wind, visibility, runway visual range, present weather, cloud, air and dew-point temperature and atmospheric pressure, and are issued either half-hourly or hourly.", always remembering that India is indeed a member of ICAO.
In the BBC's report it is stated that "Officials said it was very windy and raining heavily at the time of the landing.". But this, however, would seem somewhat at odds with the METAR's listed above;... that is unless, within the 55 mins following the 21:30Z METAR, a thunderstorm had drifted in, but which was subsequently not reported by the local ATC (either directly, and / or seemingly definitely not within a METAR) ?!
Last edited by Puritan; 29th Aug 2011 at 18:35.
M609, since the slides take approx 4-6sec to deploy, it's possible (some) pax may have run past the crew (very possible if panicking) and jumped on a slide which was not fully deployed... having seen this happen in the hangar you would actually get quite a fall even with a partially inflated slide.
I wouldn't think the doors were disarmed at that point of flight (they shouldn't be for sure), more likely that the pax may have got a bit out of control... a very high possibility especially if many were not regular flyers.
I wouldn't think the doors were disarmed at that point of flight (they shouldn't be for sure), more likely that the pax may have got a bit out of control... a very high possibility especially if many were not regular flyers.
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they call GF the airline of possibilities.........anything is possible 
but the good thing they usually give two landings for the price of one even if you're not FF
but the good thing they usually give two landings for the price of one even if you're not FF
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Gulf Air standard practice is to disarm the slides only when the chocks are applied. So they would definately have been armed at this point.
However to keep with the F1 analogy, perhaps he should have changed from slicks to full wets.
However to keep with the F1 analogy, perhaps he should have changed from slicks to full wets.
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The only pilot error here is landing in an indian airport thinking that they knew what the weather and runway conditions were because they had copied the ATIS.
Last time I asked if runway was contaminated with standing water, the irritated indian ATC answer was "it's raining..."
Last time I asked if runway was contaminated with standing water, the irritated indian ATC answer was "it's raining..."