New Delhi:
A domestic flight from Delhi to Srinagar went through a chaotic situation on Wednesday after facing Indigo aircraft. Violent hail and severe disturbanceTrigating multiple warnings, an 8,500-feet-pant-mint descendant, and a rejected request for the emergency route via Pakistani airspace.
New details indicate that the flight faced a tomb-in-flight emergency after flying in an intense storm. These details announced by the Civil Aviation Watchdog Directorate Civil Aviation (DGCA) suggest that the pilots were fighting several cockpit warnings and instrument failures after entering an hailstorm. In one phase, IndiGo A321NE aircraft, which worked as Flight 6E-2142, dropped 8,500 feet per minute. The normal rate of dynasty ranges from 1,500 to 3,000 feet per minute.
According to a preliminary report by DGCA, the flight carrying more than 220 passengers, including members of Parliament, was hovering at a distance of 36,000 feet, when it escaped in adverse weather near Pathankot near the India-Pakistan border.
Request to deny
According to the post-Flight statement of the crew assigned to DGCA, the flight team further identified significant inclement weather and made an immediate request for deviations to the left for the northern control of the Indian Air Force, which would have briefly taken the aircraft to Pakistani aircraft. That request was rejected.
Subsequently, the Flight Crew approached the Lahore Air Traffic Control, which approved to enter Pakistani airspace for a short period to avoid the storm system. This request was also rejected.
With limited options and rapid thunderstorms, pilots initially consider a return to Delhi. However, by then, the aircraft was already close to the clouds. Weighing proximity and potential threats, the crew decided to enter the weather to move towards Srinagar.
Inside the storm
Once under thunderstorms, the aircraft experienced the effects of severe hail and violent disturbance. Many important systems began to reduce malfunctions.
The initial evaluation of DGCA confirms that the aircraft faced the Angle of Attack (AOA) mistake while alternative law protection was lost. These failures were triggered by flight control systems of the aircraft as the aircraft was thrown vertically by acute updrafts and dowder. In the midst of this chaos, the autopylot disintegrated. The crew was forced to receive full manual control under rapid ups and down aircraft signal and excessive stress.
At one point, the aircraft entered a steep lineage, with a rate of 8,500 feet per minute. Reducing the crisis was several stalls warning and alert shows that the aircraft was near its maximum operating speed and much number.
Relying on manual flying skills, the pilots kept the jet stable until it came out of the weather system. The aircraft continued at the same top to Srinagar to get out of the storm in the shortest time.
Warning explained
An angle of the attack (AOA) sensor defect, possibly from hail or snow, can disrupt the stall warning system, which alerts pilots with lights, sounds, or vibrations when the wing angle risks a stall for airflow, where the aircraft loses lift and control.
In this situation, the fly-wise system of Airbus A321 switched to alternative law, which disables security such as stalls and overspeed security measures. Alternative law is an insult flight control mode in the Airbus Fly-by-Veer system, where some automatic security, such as stalls and overspeed security measures are disabled, require more direct pilot control.
Unreliable aerpeed readings, blocking pitot tubes (which measure aircraft), are repeatedly warned and maximum speed warns.
Between severe disturbance, A321 landed 8,500 feet per minute in a phase, exceeding 1,500–3,000 feet per minute specific to a standard approach.
With the autopylot system being trapped, the pilots manually flew the jetliner to Srinagar, announced an emergency and made a safe landing.
Landing
On stabilization, the crew completed the action of all electronic centralized aircraft monitoring (ECAM) checklist and declared a “pan pan” – the international standard urgency indication that a person riding in a vehicle uses to make an emergency announcement.
Srinagar ATC guided the flight through its last dynasty. Despite the earlier system malfunction, the aircraft landed safely in Srinagar without further incident.
damage assessment
After landing, a standard post-flight walk-around inspection has caused significant damage to the nasal cone of the aircraft, especially the Radom, which gives home to the weather radom and is unsafe for the hailstorm.
There was no injury between passengers or crew.
DGCA has confirmed that the incident is under formal investigation. Indigo and regulatory technical teams are currently assessing both flight data and cockpit voice recording.
Passenger on board
Passengers on the board were a five -member delegation from Trinmool Congress (TMC), including MP Derek O’Brien, Nadimul Haq, Manas Bhaunia, Mamta Thakur and party spokesperson Sagarika Ghosh.
“It was a close experience,” Ms. Ghosh said after landing. “People were shouting, praying, nervous. The pilot was saluted, which brought us.”
His details matched the video footage from inside the cabin which has since surfaced on social media. Passengers were seen holding seats, many visually distressed, some praying.
IndiGo confirmed in a statement that the aircraft was undergoing compulsory inspection and maintenance before being cleaned for further operations.
