In the wake of multiple incidents of planes overshooting runways due to bad weather conditions, airlines were on Tuesday asked by aviation regulator DGCA to carry out risk assessment before operating in such situations.
In a communique, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked the airlines to make available sufficiently experienced crew in the cockpit and that crew rostering should factor in fatigue element associated with the operations during adverse weather conditions.
The circular, titled "Monsoon operations", comes as the main runway at Mumbai airport continues to remain shut after a SpiceJet plane from Jaipur veered off it while landing and got stuck in the adjacent grass area.
The DGCA said, "Aircraft operations during monsoon season poses challenges, which of late have resulted in a number of occurrences."
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