In a new development to the 24 April 23 Fly Dubai Incident, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has blamed Country Manager and Airport Manager of Fly Dubai for spreading false information of Bird strike as the cause of the incident.
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal's Media statement read,
Due to the spread of misleading news that there was a bird strike on the FDZ576 (B737-800) Kathmandu-Dubai flight, the Country Manager and Airport Manager of Fly Dubai have been stopped from entering the airport and their airport passes have also been deactivated.
However , Dubai Media Office had earlier shared updates about the flight responding to media reports,
“flydubai flight FZ 576 from Kathmandu Airport (KTM) to Dubai International (DXB) experienced a bird strike during takeoff from Kathmandu,”
Bird strikes are considered a major threat to flight safety and the responsibility of bird strike incidents near the airport during take-off and landing remains with the Airport operator.Worth mentioning, bird strikes have resulted in damage to aircraft as well as human casualties.
Sources say, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has taken the incident seriously, as its tarnishing the agency's Aviation safety image, notably after the infamous Yeti Airlines ATR 72 accident, that happened on Jan 15 , when Flight 691 crashed while on approach to Pokhara Airport of Nepal.
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal is now going to re-study after FlyDubai released information about a bird-hit during its flight on Monday night.
CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula said that the dialogue between the air traffic control (ATC) of Tribhuvan International Airport and the pilot and the information released by FlyDubai contradict each other.
The pilot told the ATC that there was a problem with the engine after the incident. When we took the initial information, we got information that the air flow was not enough," he said,
"However, according to FlyDubai, there was a bird-hit. So, we are going to further investigate the matter.”
On Monday night, the incident took shape during the Kathmandu-Dubai flight of FlyDubai, when the B737 aircraft made circle patterns (holding) in the sky of Kathmandu.
Later, the pilot informed the Nepali ATC that the problem had been resolved and the aircraft flew towards its destination according to the checklist. The flight safely landed at Dubai airport at 00:11 local time.
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