Air India pilot suffers runway PANIC ATTACK day after jet crash killed 279 as airline in chaos with 7 flights disrupted
AN Air India pilot had a panic attack seconds before take-off just a day after the crash which killed 279 people.
The pilot was at the controls of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner – the same as
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An Air India pilot had a panic attack one day after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, pictured
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Rescue team members work at the site of the crash in Ahmedabad
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He was in the line-up queuing to take off from Delhi airport for the 9 hours 20 minutes
But as the planes edged forward he decided he could not continue.
A message was received by
the tower
to say that a member of crew was ill and the plane was returning to the terminal.
A new pilot was then found and the flight eventually
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A source told The Sun: 'It is likely that the panic attack was connected with post-traumatic stress disorder due to the
'Pilots of wide bodied planes are very shaken after the
'Another said that he didn't know if he would be able to get back into the cockpit again.'
Air India has contacted all of its pilots urging them to seek help if they have worries after flight AI 171 crashed shortly after take-off last Thursday in Ahmedabad with the loss of 279 lives
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It also suggested they make use of the company's buddy system where they can confide any concerns to colleagues.
The panic attack pilot is now likely to face rigorous medical testing before he is allowed to fly again.
What caused the Air India plane disaster? Six main theories emerge – from mystery over landing gear to 40C weather
Under India's aviation rules, aviators have to pass a medical every 12 months to retain their Commercial Pilot's Licence.
This incident brings the number of Air India flights disrupted since the crash to seven.
Flight AI 143 from Delhi to Paris due to take off on Tuesday at 1.15pm was cancelled after "mandatory pre-flight checks identified an issue", the airline said.
As a result, the return service from Paris to Delhi on Wednesday has also been cancelled.
The Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London – the same route as the crashed plane - was also
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The pilot's panic attack came just one day after the horror smash into a doctors' hostel
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The plane was seen wedged in a building
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It crashed in a fireball at a doctor's hostel
The airline denied initial reports it was due to technical issues and said it was "due to the unavailability of the aircraft, resulting from airspace restrictions and additional precautionary checks'.
A San Francisco-Mumbai flight was delayed during a scheduled stop at Kolkata
on Tuesday morning
due to an engine issue.
A total of six international Air India flights - all using the 787-8 Dreamliner - were cancelled on Tuesday.
Another Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had to return to Hong Kong mid-flight after a suspected technical issue on Monday.
And the day after the crash a
India's dark aviation history
A LONDON-BOUND Air India flight crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.
The following are details of some other airline accidents in India in recent decades:
AUGUST 2020
At least 18 people died and 16 were severely injured when an Air India Express Boeing 737 plane skidded off the runway in the southern city of Kozhikode during heavy rain, plunged into a valley and crashed nose-first into the ground.
MAY 2010
An Air India Boeing 737 flight from Dubai overshot the runway at the airport in the southern city of Mangaluru and crashed into a ravine, killing 158 people on board.
JULY 2000
More than 50 people were killed when a state-owned Alliance Air flight between Kolkata and the capital, New Delhi, crashed in a residential area of the eastern city of Patna.
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