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The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) launched an investigation into the death of an Air India Express pilot who suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after flying from Srinagar to Delhi last week. The research will examine the accusations of late emergency medical response, as well as the level of preparation of the medical center at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The first 36-year officer succumbed to a heart attack on April 9 after Flying Air India Express Flight IX 1153 Srinagar-Delhi who landed at his destination at 4.10 PM The pilot’s family states that the medical team of the airport took almost 40 minutes to hurry the pilot to the medical facilities in the airport facilities.
The DGCA has appointed a team of two members, which includes Vishal Yadav, deputy director of Safety Air Safety, who will be the researcher in charge, and the captain of the Murtaza group, director (medical services) (civil aviation). The team has to submit a report within six months, according to an order issued by Faiz Kidwai, general director of DGCA.
“It was up to 20 minutes for medical aid to reach the aircraft, and another 20 minutes for my cone to be taken to Medanta medical installation at the airport according to the direct and indirect accounts that we have heard. We ask the DGCA to examine the help or evins of Evins, Chaudhury. The Hindu.
Hey, also questioned whether the medical installation at the IGI airport was properly equipped to handle emergencies, since medical staff arrived with only one wheelchair and without oxygen. There was also no hurry of ambulance to the plane.
According to the family and airline pilots, the crew of the cabin saw the pilot who lay unconscious in the galley section (kitchen area) of the plane with the flat face on the floor in a vomit pool. After which, one of them hastened to the terminal building through Aerobridge, where the terminal administrator was contacted and a message was transmitted to the Medanta Clinic. When the captain of the flight, he left for his next service, another pilot who was waiting at the door saw the shock and joined the rest of the crew to provide the necessary first aid and transfer to Arman to the executive, water and oxygen class section. The same pilot also requested air traffic control to send medical response. Ninety minutes later, Arman was declared dead at Fortis Hospital.
Last week, the CEO of Delhi airport, Vidh Jaipuriar, said that medical assistance arrived within 10 minutes of information that reached the passenger terminal and indicated that the responsibility of the airport communicated only when the information reaches the terminal building. He also said that Medanta’s installation was small.
Arman underwent cardiac angioplasty in 2020, but the pilots are subjected to the medical examination of DGCA periodically with a strict research required for the crew with cardiac history.
The pilot reports that medical emergencies on board involving passengers also face significant delays, and medical intervention sometimes takes up to 40 minutes. In cases where the planes return to the door after leaving the parking lot due to a medical problem, it can take at least 20 minutes to provide a ladder, further delaying critical assistance.
Pilots of Air India Group has also urged the regulator to examine the role of the disease license of the simple 12 days per year and the role of the 40 -hour contract. Many of them have claimed on multiple occasions in the past that a guaranteed equivalent salary of 40 hours of flight, lower than the anterior 70 -hour flight standard, forces them to fly when they are not well.
Published – April 18, 2025 8:09 pm ist