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Aircraft of Vietnam Airlines and VietJetAir sit at Noi Bai International Airport. Local carrier and relevant units are told to review their procedures and policies concerning security, safety of pilots in the cockpit and propose amendments, if necessary, to prevent any out-of-control situations caused by intentional acts of pilots - PHOTO: BINH NGUYEN
The new rule requires that if one of the two pilots leaves the cockpit during phases of flight, the chief flight attendant must replace him or her.
The rule of two aims to detect anything abnormal during the flight and take preventive measures in a timely manner, Lai Xuan Thanh, director general of CAAV, told the Daily last Friday. He clarified that if there are only two pilots and one of them goes out of the cockpit, the chief flight attendant will have to be present in the cockpit until the pilot gets back.
Thanh said CAAV will cooperate with relevant agencies to review and propose appropriate mental health tests or medical checks for pilots.
Airlines and relevant units are also told to review their procedures and policies concerning security, safety of pilots in the cockpit and propose amendments, if necessary, to prevent any out-of-control situations caused by intentional acts of pilots.
Commenting on the new rule, a representative of Vietnam Airlines said the national flag carrier added this to its operation procedures and policies approved by CAAV in 2005.
A former pilot has thrown support behind the new rule, saying that it is necessary to cross-check the activities of the pilots in the cockpit and that mental health of pilots should be checked more frequently.
Many airlines around the world are tightening rules after prosecutors said they believed the co-pilot of the Germanwings A320 aircraft locked the captain out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing the passenger jet into the French Alps.
The United States started to impose the requirement for cockpit security after terrorists took control of the airplanes that crashed into New York’s Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
CAAV looks into plane incident of VietJetAir
* CAAV has launched an investigation into an incident related to an aircraft of VietJetAir which had to stop on the runway of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC due to a brake problem on Wednesday night.
The plane landed at Tan Son Nhat airport after a flight from Danang but was unable to run to the parking area. As a result, the 25R/07L runway was closed for 30 minutes that night until the aircraft was towed to the parking lot.
CAAV’s initial probe showed there might be a brake failure. However, the authority needs to identify the cause of the incident to ensure flight safety and prevent a similar incident in the future.
Đăng ký: VietNam News