AI 676 took off from Kolkota at around 9:30 am and was climbing to 4000 feet, the pilots would have gone through a “take off/climb checklist” but the pilots forgot to do it. With the wheels down, the drag force increases and the aircraft makes more noise than usual, a source told the TOI.
Among the consequences would be a poor rate of climb and higher fuel consumption, apparently the aircraft wasn’t able to climb beyond 24000 feet.
The fast rate of fuel consumption left the pilots no options than to divert to Nagpur Airport for refueling, as the pilots began to prepare the aircraft for landing it was only when they decided to put down the landing gear that they realised that it was down all along!
Air India spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar confirmed the incident. He said both the pilots have been derostered and an investigation is on.
Article in The Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/wheels-down-air-india-flies-into-mid-air-fuel-crisis/articleshow/59747213.cms
Discussion forum: http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=61889
This post was published on 25 July 2017 19:55
That was twenty-five years ago, on 7 November 2001. Sabena was declared bankrupt. Flight SN690,…
Brussels Airlines is introducing amenity kits designed by Diane von Furstenberg for long-haul Business Class…
Iberia will add 208 flights between Madrid and Andalusia from 9 to 30 November 2026,…
TUI fly Belgium plans to increase seat capacity by 3% for summer 2027, adding four…
Finnair carried 1,147,800 passengers in October 2026, up 10.9% year-on-year, as demand increased across its…
KM Malta Airlines will launch a twice-weekly service between Malta and Bordeaux on 1 April…
