Its multi -day crash last month rekindled a decades -long debate in the air transport sector on the installation of video campaigns monitoring of airline pilots, which will complement the voice recording devices in the cockpit and flight data already used.
One of the most powerful voices in the industry, the head of the International Air Transfiguration Association, a former airline pilot, told Singapore on Wednesday that there was a strong argument for the installation of camcorders in the pilots of aircraft to follow up.
Aviation experts said a preliminary report from India’s Air Air Accident Investigation Office (AAIB) raises questions about whether one of Air India’s Flight 171 pilots cut the fuel on Boeing (BA.N) engines, leading to an irreversible situation.
From the crash in Ahmedabad, India, as well as 19 people on the ground.
From now on, “Based on these few we know now, it is very likely that a video recording, in addition to voice recording, would greatly help researchers in conducting this research on the subject of mental health.”Wells said.
Supporters of the camcorders in the cockpit say that the material could fill the gaps left by audio and data recorders, while opponents say that concerns about privacy and abuse outweigh the borderline benefits for research, as they argue.
The case that opened the discussion
The videotaped material was “invaluable value” for Australian accident researchers to determine what led to the dissolve Robinson R66 helicopter in 2023, killing the pilot, the only person on the aircraft, according to the aircraft. Air India crash.
The video showed that “the pilot was busy with non -flight -related tasks for much of this time, namely the use of mobile phone and eating food and drink,” the report said.
ATSB praised Robinson Helicopters to provide factory installed cameras and said it encouraged other manufacturers and owners to consider the continued security benefits from similar devices.
In 2000, the President of the US National Transport Security Council (NTSB), Jim Hall, urged the Civil Aviation Federal Service to demand the equipment of commercial aircraft with image recorders in the cockpit.
Hall’s recommendation came in the wake of Egyptair’s 990 crash in 1999, when the first officer deliberately threw Boeing 767, according to the NTSB, killing all 217 occupants.
