Vistara, an Indian airline that is a joint venture of Singapore Airlines and Tata group, was fined after a passenger plane was landed by an untrained first officer who didn’t complete the required training.
A senior official of India’s aviation regulator said that the incident; which happened during a landing in Indore, India last year, was a serious violation, endangering the lives of the passengers on board.
Captain and first officer didn’t complete training
He added that the captain of the flight was also not simulator-trained on how to guide a first officer during landings.
The plane was reportedly landed safely and no injuries or casualties were reported.
Vistara, had 49% of the airline owned by Singapore Airlines and 51% by Tata Group, was fined 1 million rupees (or SGD$17,700).
A “regrettable violation”
Vistara had reportedly voluntarily reported the incident to regulators, with the airline calling it a “regrettable violation”.
They had given take-off and landing clearance to the first officer without any training.
According to the official, both first officers and captains are required to train on flight simulators before they are allowed to land or guide colleagues to land a plane with passengers on board.