DGCA orders airlines to train pilots for monsoon preparedness

摘要

As the monsoons get underway to avoid overshooting or skidding slippery runways, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a circular to all airlines, directing ground school training for all pilots to be able tackle the monsoon climate. The stated purpose is to ensure safety against the aviation accidents that occur every year, despite the predicted regularity of the Indian monsoon. Analysis of these incidents, it adds, has shown they mostly occurred due to human deficiencies.