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| The pilot community has pointed towards fatigue accumulated over several years of flying and demanded that the DGCA conduct a detailed investigation into the reasons for the pilot’s death. File | Photo Credit: Reuters |
[The Hindu] An IndiGo pilot, Manoj Balasubramani, fell unconscious while on duty on Thursday at Nagpur airport and passed away soon after.
“He took unwell at Nagpur airport and was rushed to the hospital where he unfortunately passed away,” the airline said in a statement. It is learnt that the pilot collapsed at the boarding gate at Nagpur airport.
He was rostered to operate a flight from Nagpur to Pune, along with three other flights. He was a resident of Chennai.
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Emirates management is on a witch 🧙♀️ hunt. They are non union, they mandated the vaccine 💉 and now have a record number of pilots 👩✈️ 🧑🏿✈️ out sick who they accuse of faking heart ❤️ conditions. They deserve to be shut down over this!
ReplyDeleteGet your booster Tucker!
ReplyDeleteYou don’t want to go back
to the ICU again.
This is third commercial pilot to die on duty this week and the fifth collapse.
ReplyDeleteThis does not appear to be inconsistent with a profession this large and distributed worldwide
ReplyDeleteTR is severely challenged with general knowledge: "..Emirates management ..."
ReplyDeleteThe airline in question is Indian not emirati.
The article in The Hindu suggests over work as the major contributor to pilots' ill health/ deaths.
ReplyDeleteBut the pilot community has pointed towards fatigue accumulated over several years of flying and demanded that the DGCA conduct a detailed investigation into the reasons for the pilot’s death to ensure aviation safety and review the rules governing pilot duty hours.
“Imagine if the incident occurred during a flight, with the low cockpit experience that has become acceptable today, one can only hope that the First Officer will be able to save the day,” said one pilot.
“It is time for the regulator to wake up and smell the coffee and revise the rules on duty hours. This is a matter of flight safety. Minimum rest of 12 hours is too low, and night duty on two consecutive nights is unacceptable as it plays havoc with our circadian rhythm and impacts our ability to remain alert. How are we supposed to remain attentive while dodging inclement weather conditions or challenging terrain such as while flying to Nepal,” said a senior member of a cockpit crew.
“Pilots are being increasingly grounded on medical grounds related to fatigue. There is a need to examine if the Captain had filed fatigue reports with the airline, and whether the airline acted on those,” said another crew member.
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I know. Emirates is experiencing this too. I am not familiar with this Indian operator. This appears
to be their first case
Another "died suddenly" "cause unknown"!!! 💉💉
ReplyDeleteThe good news is that the deceased Hindu pilot has passed his license renewal examination so is cleared to fly. Congratulations Captain!!!
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