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New Delhi: An Air India pilot saved lives of 370 passengers on board. The flight had a multiple system failure and did not have enough fuel. The weather conditions also worsened while the pilot struggled to land the flight safely at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
It must be noted that the incident took place on September 11 when Air India’s AI-101 was flying from Delhi to New York. The flight got suddenly caught in between the worst flying conditions any pilot would want to imagine. In such desperate conditions and unable to land at the JFK International Airport, the pilot manning AI-101 somehow managed to land at the alternate designated airport in Newark.
The pilot reported to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) that the flight experienced multiple system failure and was low on fuel, which also restricted its time of flying when the system failed. Apart from these, the flight also witnessed the malfunctioning of all three of its Instrument Landing System (ILS) receivers on board the jet. This meant that the pilot of the flagship aircraft of the airline needed to manually land the aircraft.
Meanwhile, Air India is investigating into the matter and has constituted an internal inquiry under the monitoring of airlines Flight safety department.
(With ANI inputs)
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