Issuing directions to the airlines, the DGCA circular said that crew should be well aware of the aircraft limitations and of take-off/landing performance calculations during the adverse weather operations.
Indian aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday issued safety directions to airlines in the wake of multiple incidents of planes overshooting runways while operating amidst bad weather conditions.
In a circular, the DGCA said, "Aircraft operations during monsoon season poses challenges, which of late have resulted in a number of occurrences."
This comes after a number of incidents where planes have veered off the runway. The main runway of the Mumbai airport has been closed for flight operations till Thursday as the SpiceJet plane that was stuck partially on the runway on Monday is still to b removed.
Issuing directions to the airlines, the circular stated, "Crew should be well aware of the aircraft limitations and of take-off/landing performance calculations during the adverse weather operations."
It added that while adhering to the minimum cockpit experience, which has already been laid down by the DGCA, the airlines should carry out their own "risk assessment" before conducting operations during adverse weather conditions.
The regulator said that the airlines must "make available sufficiently experienced crew in the cockpit".
The DGCA circular also said that the crew rostering should factor in the "fatigue element associated with the operations during adverse weather conditions".
A senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told PTI that it is probing the incidents of planes overshooting runways.
On July 1, a SpiceJet flight from Jaipur overshot the main runway after landing at the Mumbai airport amid heavy rains. On June 30, another SpiceJet plane from Bhopal veered off the runway at Surat airport due to heavy rainfall and wind.
Another SpiceJet aircraft veered off the runway at the Kolkata Airport because of wet tarmac and heavy rainfall on Tuesday, the airline's spokesperson said. The flight was coming from Pune on Tuesday when it skidded off the runway. All passengers and crew members on board are safe, the spokesperson added.
An Air India Express flight veered off the taxiway after landing and got stuck in soft ground at the Mangalore airport on June 30.
(With PTI inputs)
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