Even as air traffic grows at a rapid pace in the country, it has been found that about one- fifth of missed landings in India, which force pilots to opt for a ‘go-around’, are ‘unstabilised’.
This has led to serious concern amongst aviation and airport authorities who have started organising joint workshops and interactions for pilots and air traffic control officers (ATCOs) to address the problems encountered by both in such situations.
An unstabilised approach is a landing approach during which an aircraft does not maintain stability of at least one of the variables – speed, descent rate, vertical or lateral flight path and landing configuration. Such approaches generally account for most approach and landing accidents.
Missed landings, particularly due to unstabilised approaches, form about 20 per cent of the total go-around incidents, according to Airports Authority of India (AAI) data.
This has led to serious concern amongst aviation and airport authorities who have started organising joint workshops and interactions for pilots and air traffic control officers (ATCOs) to address the problems encountered by both in such situations.
An unstabilised approach is a landing approach during which an aircraft does not maintain stability of at least one of the variables – speed, descent rate, vertical or lateral flight path and landing configuration. Such approaches generally account for most approach and landing accidents.
Missed landings, particularly due to unstabilised approaches, form about 20 per cent of the total go-around incidents, according to Airports Authority of India (AAI) data.