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SpiceJet technician killed in freak accident after he gets stuck in landing gear door of aircraft
SpiceJet's Rohit Pandey was killed at the Kolkata airport after he got stuck in the main landing gear door of the Bombardier Q400 plane.
India Today Web Desk New DelhiJuly 10, 2019UPDATED: July 10, 2019 11:19 IST
HIGHLIGHTS
A SpiceJet technician was killed after the landing gear door of the aircraft he was working on got shut at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday.
The incident took place around 1.45 am.
"The technician was carrying out maintenance on the landing gear of the Bombardier Q400 plane when the landing door accidentally got closed and he got stuck there," said an official at Kolkata airport.
A complaint on "unnatural death" was filed at Airport police station, a senior police officer said.
Meanwhile, SpiceJet said in a statement, Extremely saddened to share that our technician Rohit Pandey passed away last night in an unfortunate incident at Kolkata airport.
The SpiceJet added, Inadvertently, the main landing gear hydraulic door closed and he got stuck in between the hydraulic door flaps. The hydraulic doors were broken to rescue Mr Pandey but he was declared dead. The entire SpiceJet family stands together in grief in this unfortunate incident.
A police team visited the spot where the accident happened, the officer said, adding forensic experts will now collect evidence.
"Our officers have reached the spot. We are talking to other staffers of the airline who were present there. We are trying to understand whether it was a technical glitch or the result of someone's callousness," the officer said.
Earlier, 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."
Issuing various 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."
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.
(with PTI inputs)
Also read: Mumbai rains: Flight operations briefly suspended at Chhatrapati Shivaji airport due to low visibility
https://www.livemint.com/news/india...ccident-at-kolkata-airport-1562730431061.html
News agencies reported that the incident was reported from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata at around 1 am today. (Reuters) SpiceJet technician dies after landing gear door shuts accidentally at Kokata Airport
1 min read . Updated: 10 Jul 2019, 09:49 AM IST Staff Writer
KOLKATA: In a freak accident at the Kolkata airport, a SpiceJet technician lost his life after getting trapped in the main landing gear door while working on an aircraft.
News agencies reported that the incident was reported from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata at around 1 am today.
The SpiceJet technician was carrying out maintenance work in the aircraft when the landing gear door of the aircraft got "accidentally shut".
"The technician was carrying out maintenance on the landing gear of the Bombardier Q400 plane when the landing door accidentally got closed and he got stuck there," PTI quoted a senior official of the Kolkata airport as saying.
His body was removed from the landing gear with the help of fire brigade, ANI reported.
Few days ago, a SpiceJet aircraft had veered off its path on the runway while landing at Kolkata airport, damaging four lights.
https://www.todayonline.com/world/trainee-technician-dies-spicejet-planes-landing-gear-doors-close
Trainee technician dies as SpiceJet plane's landing gear doors close
Published10 July, 2019
Updated 10 July, 2019
Rohit Pandey was working on a SpiceJet Bombardier-developed Q400 turboprop plane when the hydraulic landing gear doors closed, the airline said in a statement.
"The hydraulic doors were broken to rescue Mr. Pandey but he was declared dead," the statement said.
Kaushik Bhattacharjee, director of Kolkata airport, said a team from the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had visited the site of the accident, which happened just after midnight.
"DGCA has already started an inquiry," Bhattacharjee told Reuters, adding that Pandey was a 23-year-old trainee technician.
In 2017, SpiceJet, a low-cost carrier, agreed to buy up to 50 Q400 aircraft in a deal, estimated to be worth up to $1.7 billion, from Canada's Bombardier. The Q400 aircraft program is now owned by Canadian plane manufacturer Viking Air.
SpiceJet did not provide more details of the accident. REUTERS
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Indian airline technician crushed by landing gear flaps
FILE – In this Friday, Jan 26, 2007 file photo, a SpiceJet aircraft taxies on the runway at the airport in New Delhi, India. A Spicejet technician was killed when the flaps covering an aircraft’s main landing gear accidentally closed on him during maintenance work, an airline statement said on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The hydraulic doors “inadvertently” closed on the technician, who was working on a Bombardier Q400 aircraft at Kolkata’s airport on Tuesday night, SpiceJet said.
Mustafa Quraishi
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian airline technician was killed when the flaps covering an aircraft's main landing gear accidentally closed on him during maintenance work, the airline said Wednesday.
The hydraulic doors "inadvertently" closed on the technician, who was working on a Bombardier Q400 aircraft at Kolkata's airport on Tuesday night, SpiceJet said.
The doors were broken open in an attempt to rescue the worker, but he died, it said in a statement.
Police and the airline are investigating the incident.
The Press Trust of India news agency said in 2015, a service engineer for state-run Air India was killed when he was sucked into an operating engine of an Airbus aircraft at Mumbai airport.
SpiceJet technician killed in freak accident after he gets stuck in landing gear door of aircraft
SpiceJet's Rohit Pandey was killed at the Kolkata airport after he got stuck in the main landing gear door of the Bombardier Q400 plane.
India Today Web Desk New DelhiJuly 10, 2019UPDATED: July 10, 2019 11:19 IST
HIGHLIGHTS
- SpiceJet technician dies after getting stuck in the main landing gear door
- The incident took place at Kolkata airport around 1.45 am
- The technician was working on the aircraft at the time of the incident
A SpiceJet technician was killed after the landing gear door of the aircraft he was working on got shut at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday.
The incident took place around 1.45 am.
"The technician was carrying out maintenance on the landing gear of the Bombardier Q400 plane when the landing door accidentally got closed and he got stuck there," said an official at Kolkata airport.
A complaint on "unnatural death" was filed at Airport police station, a senior police officer said.
Meanwhile, SpiceJet said in a statement, Extremely saddened to share that our technician Rohit Pandey passed away last night in an unfortunate incident at Kolkata airport.
The SpiceJet added, Inadvertently, the main landing gear hydraulic door closed and he got stuck in between the hydraulic door flaps. The hydraulic doors were broken to rescue Mr Pandey but he was declared dead. The entire SpiceJet family stands together in grief in this unfortunate incident.
A police team visited the spot where the accident happened, the officer said, adding forensic experts will now collect evidence.
"Our officers have reached the spot. We are talking to other staffers of the airline who were present there. We are trying to understand whether it was a technical glitch or the result of someone's callousness," the officer said.
Earlier, 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."
Issuing various 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."
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.
(with PTI inputs)
Also read: Mumbai rains: Flight operations briefly suspended at Chhatrapati Shivaji airport due to low visibility
https://www.livemint.com/news/india...ccident-at-kolkata-airport-1562730431061.html
1 min read . Updated: 10 Jul 2019, 09:49 AM IST Staff Writer
- A SpiceJet technician was carrying out maintenance work in an aircraft when the incident happened at Kolkata airport
- The airline's technician got trapped in the main landing gear door
KOLKATA: In a freak accident at the Kolkata airport, a SpiceJet technician lost his life after getting trapped in the main landing gear door while working on an aircraft.
News agencies reported that the incident was reported from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata at around 1 am today.
The SpiceJet technician was carrying out maintenance work in the aircraft when the landing gear door of the aircraft got "accidentally shut".
"The technician was carrying out maintenance on the landing gear of the Bombardier Q400 plane when the landing door accidentally got closed and he got stuck there," PTI quoted a senior official of the Kolkata airport as saying.
His body was removed from the landing gear with the help of fire brigade, ANI reported.
Few days ago, a SpiceJet aircraft had veered off its path on the runway while landing at Kolkata airport, damaging four lights.
https://www.todayonline.com/world/trainee-technician-dies-spicejet-planes-landing-gear-doors-close
Trainee technician dies as SpiceJet plane's landing gear doors close
Published10 July, 2019
Updated 10 July, 2019
- https://www.todayonline.com/world/trainee-technician-dies-spicejet-planes-landing-gear-doors-close#
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Rohit Pandey was working on a SpiceJet Bombardier-developed Q400 turboprop plane when the hydraulic landing gear doors closed, the airline said in a statement.
"The hydraulic doors were broken to rescue Mr. Pandey but he was declared dead," the statement said.
Kaushik Bhattacharjee, director of Kolkata airport, said a team from the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had visited the site of the accident, which happened just after midnight.
"DGCA has already started an inquiry," Bhattacharjee told Reuters, adding that Pandey was a 23-year-old trainee technician.
In 2017, SpiceJet, a low-cost carrier, agreed to buy up to 50 Q400 aircraft in a deal, estimated to be worth up to $1.7 billion, from Canada's Bombardier. The Q400 aircraft program is now owned by Canadian plane manufacturer Viking Air.
SpiceJet did not provide more details of the accident. REUTERS
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Indian airline technician crushed by landing gear flaps
- Jul 10, 2019 Updated 1 hr ago
FILE – In this Friday, Jan 26, 2007 file photo, a SpiceJet aircraft taxies on the runway at the airport in New Delhi, India. A Spicejet technician was killed when the flaps covering an aircraft’s main landing gear accidentally closed on him during maintenance work, an airline statement said on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The hydraulic doors “inadvertently” closed on the technician, who was working on a Bombardier Q400 aircraft at Kolkata’s airport on Tuesday night, SpiceJet said.
Mustafa Quraishi
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian airline technician was killed when the flaps covering an aircraft's main landing gear accidentally closed on him during maintenance work, the airline said Wednesday.
The hydraulic doors "inadvertently" closed on the technician, who was working on a Bombardier Q400 aircraft at Kolkata's airport on Tuesday night, SpiceJet said.
The doors were broken open in an attempt to rescue the worker, but he died, it said in a statement.
Police and the airline are investigating the incident.
The Press Trust of India news agency said in 2015, a service engineer for state-run Air India was killed when he was sucked into an operating engine of an Airbus aircraft at Mumbai airport.
