Emergency Landing called up by Indian Airlines

Hyderabad-Tirupati flight of Indian Airlines called up for emergency landing after an hour of panic at the Shamshabad International Airport after 15 minutes of take off. The flight IC 942, took off from the airport at 1:40 pm and soon after that pilot noticed a technical fault and informed the airport authorities about the need of emergency landing.

The flight was permitted to land at 1:55 pm, all the 135 passengers on board were safe. After all this the passengers were sent to Tirupati by an alternative Indian airlines flight around 3:40 pm. The Minister for Endowments was among the passengers but was not available to comment on the situation.

Pilot Drain is likely to be face by Indian carriers

West Asian Rivals are planning to hunt for pilots in India. Loss of about 100 pilots to Qatar Airways has been assumed, which is on an expansion no matter there is an economic downturn. Other West Asian carriers such as Emirates Airlines, Air Arabia and many more have been regularly hiring pilots in India, with a pay increase of about 30%. Jet Airways is likely to be affected the most, with at least 40 of its senior pilots who are going to leave, as told by two senior Jet executives.

The domestic airlines were negotiating with pilots for reducing their salaries by 25% because of economic crisis. Due to which the Indian carriers faced a loss of $2 billion last year and at this point of time a job offer is really something the pilots waiting for. A person close to the development and involved in the recruitment process said these West Asian carriers have approached pilots with state-run National Aviation Co. of India Ltd that runs Air India. “West Asian carriers are mainly eyeing Indian talent and pilots from Singapore Airlines,” he said.