The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has suspended the crewand several ground officers who involved in the landing mistake by localprivate airline VietJet Air on June 19, an official said.
Flight VJ 8861 with 200 passengers on board departing Noi BaiInternational Airport in Hanoi landed at the Cam Ranh airport near thebeachside city of Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa insteadof its supposed destination of Lien Khuong airport in the highlandscity of Da Lat.
CAAV Director Lai Xuan Thanhsaid the authority suspended flying licences of Captain Pavel Ondrej andhis co-pilot Amin Hassiri, along with Chief attendant Phan Thi HuongTrang for 30 days.
It also suspended the directorand deputy director of the flight procedure unit of Noi Bai Airportuntil July 31 for re-training, while a staff of the unit and an airtraffic controller had their working licence suspended.
The Director of VietJet Air’s Operations Management Centre Elvis Gilbert was also suspended until August 1.
In addition, the regulator also imposed administrative fines on some units and other individuals.
The CAAV said the direct reason for the landing mistake is that thechange of the flight plan was not communicated to all relevant units ofVietJet Air, including the flight’s crew.
Besides,the flight coordinator at Noi Bai airport that day was not licensed todo this kind of work, while the airline’s ground service staff violatedthe implementation process of flight plan.
The authority said the mistake was a serious incident, threatening aviation safety.
It asked all parties concerned, namely VietJet Air, the AirportCorporation of Vietnam, the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation,the Northern Airport Authority, to seriously draw lessons from theincident.-VNA
Flight VJ 8861 with 200 passengers on board departing Noi BaiInternational Airport in Hanoi landed at the Cam Ranh airport near thebeachside city of Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa insteadof its supposed destination of Lien Khuong airport in the highlandscity of Da Lat.
CAAV Director Lai Xuan Thanhsaid the authority suspended flying licences of Captain Pavel Ondrej andhis co-pilot Amin Hassiri, along with Chief attendant Phan Thi HuongTrang for 30 days.
It also suspended the directorand deputy director of the flight procedure unit of Noi Bai Airportuntil July 31 for re-training, while a staff of the unit and an airtraffic controller had their working licence suspended.
The Director of VietJet Air’s Operations Management Centre Elvis Gilbert was also suspended until August 1.
In addition, the regulator also imposed administrative fines on some units and other individuals.
The CAAV said the direct reason for the landing mistake is that thechange of the flight plan was not communicated to all relevant units ofVietJet Air, including the flight’s crew.
Besides,the flight coordinator at Noi Bai airport that day was not licensed todo this kind of work, while the airline’s ground service staff violatedthe implementation process of flight plan.
The authority said the mistake was a serious incident, threatening aviation safety.
It asked all parties concerned, namely VietJet Air, the AirportCorporation of Vietnam, the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation,the Northern Airport Authority, to seriously draw lessons from theincident.-VNA
