Many aviation bodies responsible for VietJet’s landing mistake
Many aviation bodies responsible for VietJet’s landing mistake
A number of airline mishaps have caused concern among the public in the last four weeks, from the wrong airport landing of VietJet Air on June 19, to the near-miss between Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar planes on June 27, to the "suspected case" of a Vietnam Airlines plane mistakenly landing in Cam Ranh, though it was scheduled to fly to Ho Chi Minh City.
VietJet Air’s incident was caused by not only the mistakes of the carrier, but many agencies involved in flight control procedures.
Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang, at a recent meeting, apologized to the public and blamed the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) chief, saying that the management agencies must be responsible for this case and they should not just blame the carrier.
Besides putting the carrier under special supervision, CAAV suspended the licenses of two employees in charge of flight procedures at the Noi Bai International Airport, Ms. Phung Thi Huong and Mr. Pham Nhu Tung. They will have to review their mistakes and responsibility and take part in retraining on flight procedures.
An air controller of the Northern Air Traffic Management Company, Bui Dieu Huyen, was also suspended in order to review her responsibility and retrain on flight cooperation and information.
The CAAV requested the Airports Corporation of Vietnam, the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation and the Northern Airport Authority to review the responsibility of related individuals and agencies.
The responsibility of the deputy director in charge of overseeing operations at the Noi Bai International Airport on June 19 was requested to be inspected.
CAAV suspended the chief and deputy chief of the division in charge of flight protocol at Noi Bai International Airport until July 31.
For VietJet Air, the CAAV suspended the licenses of the captain, the co-pilot and the chief flight attendant involved in the case in order to review their responsibility and retrain on flight procedures and the combined skills of the crew.
Elvis Gilbert, the director of VietJet Air’s Flight Control Center, was suspended until August 1.
The CAAV also asked the organizations and individuals involved in overseeing the work of developing and implementing flight plans at the airports and the inspection of airlines to review their operations and learn from the incident
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