DGCA names seven key priorities for safety

The country's aviation regulator on Thursday said that it has identified seven key safety priorities and developed corresponding safety action plan to mitigate the identified risks.

According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), one of the key safety priorities is to reduce "runway excursions and overruns".

The DGCA said that it analysed the 2013 and 2014 data and shared the findings with the stakeholders during a meeting held on March 27, 2015.

"The study points that majority of unstabilised approaches have continued to landing, which mirrors the worldwide trend. The aim of DGCA's endeavour is to encourage pilots to go around when approach becomes unstabilised," the DGCA said in a statement.

Earlier, DGCA had issued instructions in the form of air safety circular which prescribed the speed control during landing approach.

The civil aviation regulator added that safety circular also mandates the presence of cabin crew to be vigilant in the event of flight crew member (pilot) leaving the cockpit.

"The cabin crew shall remain in the flight deck till such time the flight crew member returns to the cockpit," the statement added.