India grounds pilot for sending hijack alert by mistake | The Malaysian Insight

An AirAsia India Airbus A320 ready for the airline to take delivery. A similar aircraft was involved in a hijacking false alarm last month, resulting in the first officer’s suspension from flying duties for three months. – Airbus handout pic, July 20, 2019.

INDIA has suspended a pilot for accidentally sending a hijack alert to air traffic control during a domestic flight last month, the aviation authority said. The AirAsia India plane, flying from the capital New Delhi to Srinagar, suffered a stalled engine and the captain told first officer Ravi Raj to send an emergency code to alert authorities about the situation.

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