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Air India pilots suspended for handing control of plane for 40 minutes to Stewardesses
Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok-Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two stewardesses to operate the plane in their absence. Their stunt almost ended in disaster after one of the stewardesses accidentally turned off the auto-pilot, forcing the pilots to rush back to their seats. The incident took place 33,000 feet in the air on Air India flight AI 133 (an Airbus 321) from Bangkok to Delhi on April 12, which took off… (www.mumbaimirror.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Did both Pilots need to take time off? Now they have it..!
"Captain Soni did not leave the cockpit immediately; instead, he spent a few minutes teaching the two stewardesses how to operate the aircraft." I had no idea it was that easy to fly an Airbus.
The good Capt. more than likely provided good instruction on manipulating the joystick...
LOL.......unbelievable
When you have to pray, you have to pray.....I guess!
They were merely suspended for that stunt?