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外文标题：Air India pilot locked out of cockpit
外文地址：http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Air-India-pilot-locked-out-of-cockpit/articleshow/20058910.cms
印度航空公司客机(资料图)
NEW DELHI: The commander of an Air India domestic flight en route from Delhi to Bangalore on Monday evening got locked out of the cockpit owing to which his co-pilot inside had to make an emergency landing in Bhopal.
The door lock got jammed so badly that even after landing in Bhopal technicians could not open it and had to enter the Airbus A320 cockpit through a window. They finally managed to open the door from inside the cockpit.
"A screw of the lock got loose and fell, jamming the lock. Prima facie, AI crew acted according to the procedure and there was no lapse on their part but the incident puts a question mark on maintenance. We have initiated a probe," said an official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
This is the third bizarre incident reported in the AI within a month with a pilot landing in Mumbai without the ATC clearance followed by a commander allegedly making airhostesses sit on the pilots' seats and give them a crash course on how to fly a plane.
The commander of AI 403 had left the cockpit to go to the toilet. The DGCA rules stipulate that in such situations a cabin crew member must be called inside the cockpit to ensure there are two people, including a pilot, at all times. The reason, if one of the persons inside the cockpit is incapacitated, the other is able to unlock the door ”which has to remain locked at all times post 9/11”and let the other pilot in.
But on Monday the captain did not have to call a cabin crew member into the cockpit as a supernumerary (trainee pilot) was there to observe how a plane is flown apart from another commander. A severe shortage of co-pilots in the AI means that very often a plane is flown by two commanders.
With the commander locked out and a trainee pilot inside, the sole pilot decided to land at the nearest airport which was Bhopal.
"The commander had left the cockpit for a short while to visit the toilet. On returning, he found the door locked. All efforts to open it even from inside failed. The co-pilot, after taking permission from ground control, diverted the flight to Bhopal and landed at 5.55pm. The flight took off from Bhopal at 8.45 pm after clearance from the DGCA and reached Bangalore at 10.30pm," an AI spokesperson said.
Vettrivel Tamil (Tamilnadu)
Government should pay salary to these Air India employees only if they make profits. The laziest Idiots in India are the Air India Employees. Despite of So much loss Still they are getting all their benefits. Free air ticket not only for the pilots and Crew Members but for the entire family. Common Man has to pay from their pocket for these people to live a Luxury life. Government do not have money to Dying farmers with drought. but they have money to pay bonuses to all these Idiots.
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SIDNEY JOSE (Kochi)
Today onwards, keep a piece of brick in between so that the door is not locked. But you have to reduce the baggage weight of passengers to compensate for the extra weight of the brick. But again why do you need a door for the cockpit. Just to shut the public out of what all the nasty things(crew flying the plane, extra persons allowed sitting in the cockpit etc) which happen in cockpits.
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Mat (Indore) replies to SIDNEY JOSE
Why have a door for the plane anyway? just to keep fresh air out?
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为什么飞机要有机门？只是为了隔绝外面的空气？
suresh190149 (mumbai)
Air travel has become suddenly hazardous with so many near disaster incidents in the air the latest being the Pilot locked out of the Cockpit?? A pvt plane had a 1000 ft drop due to air pockets two days ago and some day the pilot invited hostess to run the plane all these acts risk the passengers on the plane We hope the Authority is closely watching the incidents and should take timely actions against the persons concerned and help run the Airline efficiently at all times and not put the risk on the passengers
aji (abu dhabi)
The co-pilot was able to land safely. God is Great. But just imagine, If something hppend to co-piolot in between.. What action initated against Maintenace in Charge byAir Inida??? wth this International Aviaton got another point to downgrade our Air Safety.
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Karoshi (Mumbai) replies to aji
God isn't great, he locked the door in the first place. The co-pilot is great.
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上帝不伟大，是上帝先把门锁住的。副驾驶是伟大的。
aji (abu dhabi) replies to Karoshi
God is always Great, especially for Air India.. Dont foget wha happend last month. As per the internl investigation done by AI, it was found that around 40 minutes one Air Hosters spend in Cokpit and for 7 minutes both pilots were out of the Cokpit.
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Airindia Passenger (India)
I don't know why such confidence-shattering news are reported that may have caused some concern to the passengers but without any trouble fortunately. These are maintenance issues which should be tackled immediately by the airlines' technical team. Such news really shatter the already low confidence that passengers have over Air India. The only good thing now is that people have options - they can very well chose not to fly this airline.
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poltergeist (Chandigarh)
The stewardesses of Air India are bigger disasters than their aircrafts. Their behavior makes you jump out the plane without a parachute in mid-air. Most of them are like Mamata-Didi. Old, ugly and touchy.
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N (INDIA)
THANK GOD THERE WAS ONE OF PILOTS WAS INSIDE --WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE DONE IF BOTH WERE AWAY --NO MENTIONED OF HOW MANY PASSENGERS WERE THERE IN THE PLANE --
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Jaideep Shenoy (Mangalore)
The passengers must be plain lucky that they made it back to terra firma in one piece
乘客真是够幸运的，他们毫发无损地降落了。
Flyer (Mumbai)
Air India - what a piece of sh!t !
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印度航空公司——真是一坨狗屎！
Sunny (India)
Is that only AI makes the mistake always or is that only AI news is reported. I hardly see any other airlines making mistake. I doubt that is the case. The lapses of other airlines may not being reported by media or might not be highlighted.
Harish (Cochin)
"Making airhostesses sit on the pilots' seats and give them a crash course on how to fly a plane" is human life so cheap?
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让空姐坐在飞行员座位上，给她们上一堂如何开飞机的速成课。难道人的生命就这么贱吗？
rajeshmel (Mumbai)
AI is proving themselves not worthy enough to fly high....surely it being a govt operated can't close down...but will be less preferred by people now....Safety is not a word in dictionary of AI...!
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KungFu Panda (Inner Peace)
Wow ! on another day he might have got locked inside the toilet ...
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Wow！也许哪天他会被锁在厕所里.......
pcs18 (India)
oh no!!! not again!!! why such things happen with AI??? is this a cursed airline???
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哦，不，不要有下次！为什么这样的事会发生在印度航空公司身上？这是一家受诅咒的航空公司？
potterbond007 (UK)
AI has to continuous become the laughing stock of other airlines and the people.. or else they don't feel good about themselves..
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印度航空公司连续成为其他航空公司和人们的笑料，否则他们不会自我感觉良好。
Saahil s (Mumbai)
Good to know atleast Co-pilot was present in the cockpit..else there would have been a major air accident...
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好在副驾驶有在驾驶舱里，否则会发生一起重大飞行事故.....
Appa Durai (Coimbatore)
It is safer to travel even on bus tops and loaded trucks than to travel by Air India. What is the minister for civi aviation doing?
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坐在公交车顶上或装满货的卡车上还比坐印度航空公司的飞机更安全。民航部长在干嘛？
Bharatkaushal (Mumbai) replies to Appa Durai
It is 100 times safer to travel by Air.I have survived 50 years of travel by Air.I will travel again soon.
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坐飞机旅行要安全一百倍。我安全地坐了50年，很快会再次乘飞机旅行。
Appa Durai replies to Bharatkaushal
looks like AI employee
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看来你是印度航空公司的员工。
sparkling (bubbly)
Can't even manage the airlines, running in losses, huge debt, selling aircraft, yet the employees get all sorts of benefits and get foreign tours and what not. Pathetic.
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Pradeep (Ireland)
It is remarkable that lately almost all of the news regarding some problem in flying is linked to Air India. These are stark warnings for the travelling public to stay away from AI if you love your life. A major disaster is waiting to happen in which lives are going to be lost.
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Robocop (Bangalore)
THANK GOD!!! ATLEAST THERE WAS A CO PILOT INSIDE INSTEAD OF AIR HOSTESS!!!!! TIME TO TURN ALL AI PLANES TO FLY CARGO INSTEAD OF PASSENGERS........
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AI-Hater (Bangalore)
Hahaha.. Just imagine yourself in that aircraft, flying 38000 feet above sea level, both the pilots outside the cockpit because they want to go to toilet and then cockpit doors get jammed... Hooray... Have to bid goodbye to the current Jalma and wait for next reincarnation... AI should be privatized seriously
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Reena (bangalore)
What if the door had got locked with the two air hostesses on the pilot seat ... Maybe the captain would have given them lessons to land the plane over intercom ...
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abc123 (earth )
Anyway doesn't matter. Plane is landed by auto pilot. Pilots have fake licenses so whether pilot is in cockpit or airhostess or anyone is there it does not matter. Praize Boeing and Airbus for autopilot.
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Keyser (USA) replies to abc123
You are obviously not a pilot and just trying to be cute, but you come off as an idiot. See how that works.
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你明显不是飞行员，只是假装可爱，结果反倒成了傻逼。
Paul (Bombay)
Air India is the comedy central of Indian aviation.
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