In people's imagination, pilots always look tall, steady and reliable.
But whether this includes Air France pilots is hard to say...
Recently Air France suspended two pilots because they flew from Geneva to Paris in June. had a fight in the cockpit ...
According to the investigation by the French aviation investigation agency BEA,
the two pilots were the captain and co-pilot of the flight. They had a dispute shortly after the plane took off, and they were caught The opponent's collar was in a big fight.
During the investigation, one pilot said that he just "accidentally touched the other person" and then the other person fought back;
Another pilot said, "He was deliberately slapping me in the mouth!"
The two started fighting, and one of the pilots even threw a wooden object at the other's face (I don't know exactly what it was) What).
The flight attendant on the plane noticed after hearing the noise made by the two people fighting that no one seemed to be flying the plane anymore? ?
They quickly pulled the two people away, and then sent a flight attendant to stay in the cockpit to accompany (coax) the two people to complete the flight.
In response to this matter, BEA made severe criticism of Air France, saying that Air France pilots seriously flouted flight safety protocols.
BEA cited two more examples to support this:
The first example occurred on April 5, when an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft carrying 177 passengers was allowed to land at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
At that time, an air traffic controller noticed that the plane was suddenly flying around like a headless fly. Then he heard the captain exclaiming from the earphone: "Stop! Stop quickly!"
In the safety of the aircraft After landing, BEA launched an investigation.
The investigation found that after the aircraft malfunctioned, the captain and the co-pilot performed opposite operations on the aircraft at the same time:
the captain pushed the control column down slightly to prepare to reduce the distance of the aircraft;
while the co-pilot kept Pull the control column up to prepare the aircraft to rise.
The operation manual stipulates that when encountering this situation, one pilot should first declare: "I have control", the other pilot confirms: "You have control", and then hand the aircraft to one person. .
The second example occurred in December 2020, when an Air France plane suffered a fuel leak while flying from Congo Brazzaville to Paris.
According to the safety manual, when a fuel leak occurs, the pilot must shut down the engine on the side of the leak to avoid the risk of fire.
But the pilot did not shut down the engine at that time, but directly found a nearby airport to make an emergency landing.
Although everyone on the plane landed safely in the end, investigators said that this decision could easily cause a major fire. This time they were just lucky and escaped the danger by accident.
In addition,
On March 28 and 30, 2017, the same crew flew too fast during the climb;
On September 12, 2020, an Airbus did not comply with the landing regulations. Instead, it landed on the runway illegally and quickly. At that time, there were almost no resources on site to deal with possible accidents.
BEA also found the following words in the Air France pilot manual:
“Pilots should know how to negotiate with the crew to bypass regulations when necessary."
" In unpredictable situations, improvisation can lead to safer results. "
Regarding BEA's criticism, Air France said:
They have thousands of flights taking off every day, but the report only mentions these few cases, which shows that their safety factor is still very high.
In addition, safety is the most important thing for every pilot, so they should also be able to make independent judgments.
However, they also admit that they need to conduct safety audits and re-standardize the pilots' flying habits.
In fact, this kind of thing does not only happen at Air France.
The pilots of Air France’s neighbor, ITA Airlines (formerly Altalia) are even more outrageous.
In May of this year, an ITA Airlines plane flew from New York to Rome with 250 passengers on board.
During the flight, both pilots on the plane fell asleep. ml2...
According to the investigation, the co-pilot was sleeping during the designated rest period, but the captain also fell asleep while the plane was flying
Air Traffic. The controller said that they lost contact with the aircraft for about 10 minutes. Because they were worried about a terrorist incident, they even prepared to call fighter jets to intercept the aircraft. Fortunately, the captain woke up in time. came over and responded.
The plane finally landed safely in Rome, and although the captain repeatedly said that he was not asleep and it was just a radio malfunction, the airline eventually fired him. In June this year, an ITA Airline A330 passenger plane collided with an Air France Boeing 777 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in the United States.
After the accident, the Air France pilot reported the collision to the tower and advised ITA. Don't let the plane take off.
But the ITA pilot said that this was not a problem and flew directly to Rome.
After the plane landed, the crew in Rome found that the wing of the plane had been damaged. But this was not a problem. Two days later, the plane was put into use again...
Looking at the pilots of various airlines The performances they performed to each other's limits really made the passengers sweat...
