PARIS (AP) — Fisticuffs within the cockpit, leaving a leaky engine operating whereas cruising over Africa ― Air France pilots are underneath scrutiny after latest incidents which have prompted French investigators to name for more durable security protocols.
Two Air France pilots have been suspended after bodily combating within the cockpit on a Geneva-Paris flight in June, an Air France official stated Sunday. The flight continued and landed safely, and the dispute didn’t have an effect on the remainder of the flight, the official stated, stressing the airline’s dedication to security.
French newspaper La Tribune reported that the pilot and co-pilot had a dispute shortly after takeoff, and grabbed one another by their collars after one apparently hit the opposite. Cabin crew intervened and one crew member spent the flight within the cockpit with the pilots, the report stated.
Information of the battle emerged after France’s air investigation company, BEA, issued a report Wednesday saying that some Air France pilots lack rigor in respecting procedures throughout security incidents.
It targeted on a gasoline leak on an Air France flight from Brazzaville within the Republic of Congo to Paris in December 2020, when pilots rerouted the aircraft however didn’t lower energy to the engine or land as quickly as doable, as leak process requires. The aircraft landed safely in Chad, however the BEA report warned that the engine might have caught fireplace.
It talked about three related circumstances between 2017 and 2022, and stated some pilots are appearing primarily based on their very own evaluation of the state of affairs as an alternative of security protocols.
Air France stated it's finishing up a security audit in response. It pledged to observe the BEA’s suggestions, which embody permitting pilots to review their flights afterward and making coaching manuals stricter about sticking to process.
The airline famous that it flies hundreds of flights every day and the report mentions solely 4 such security incidents.
Air France pilots unions have insisted that safety is paramount to all pilots and defended pilot actions throughout emergency conditions.
The BEA additionally investigated an incident in April involving an Air France flight from New York’s JFK airport that suffered flight management issues on strategy to its touchdown in Paris.
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