Flight returns as pilots duty ends mid-air

[Mr.Restless]

(AFP) / 1 November 2012

OSLO — A Norwegian plane carrying 40 passengers turned around and returned to an airport hundreds of kilometres away — despite having already started its descent — just so the crew would not have to work overtime.The plane was about to land in the small northern town of Mosjoen when it turned back to Trondheim, around 350km south, local newspaper Rana Blad said in a report.
“Shortly afterwards, the captain himself said on the tannoy that it was unbelievable, but that it had been decided that we had to turn around,” passenger Steinar Henriksen said.
Company Wideroe, a regional carrier owned by Scandinavian airline SAS, said that the last-minute decision was based on Norway’s strict working time regulations. “Unfortunately, the plane took off with a crew that was about to clock out. We have strict working hours that are imposed by the authorities, which we cannot exceed,” a spokesman for the company, Richard Kongsteien, told the paper.
“If the airplane had landed, it would have had to stay in Mosjoen since we didn’t have a back-up crew there, and the schedule for the rest of the evening would have had to be cancelled,” he said, adding that this would have affected more than 200 passengers.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-arti...national_November55.xml&section=international

 

[sarbakaf]

Now some will call it obeying orders and professionalism
Some will call it stupidity and many will say .............AGAR YEH PAKISTAN MAIN HOTA TOU...............

 

[ranaji]

Now some will call it obeying orders and professionalism
Some will call it stupidity and many will say .............AGAR YEH PAKISTAN MAIN HOTA TOU...............

to pti ka qasoor hota

 

[littlemaster]

this man should have been seated in passenger area and left the plane on auto pilot.

stal .................stal...wop...wop stall................sorry friend i am off.[hilar][hilar][hilar][hilar]

 

[jee_nee_us]

They should have set the plane on auto pilot and used parachutes.

 

[Aamir raja]

imagine if his duty finish in the air whi say parachute say qoodh jata let the plane in auto mode wah kia manzar hota neechay aa k kehta meri duty toh khatam ho gai thi

 

[ishwaq]

 

[khan27]

sardar tu nahi tha:P

 

[Star Gazer]

to pti ka qasoor hota

And if this had happened in india-then it would have been a nefarious design by ISI :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Desi_Action]

Folk!!! remember Air Blue crash in Islamabad,......that happened due to pilot's negligence of flying protocols, and he rather preferred to pray whole night on Shab e qadar,....and next day astray not only himself but 100's of other families. And these PTI puppets are just concerned about bragging about themselves,....see their pride up in the comments, so for having zero seat in the parliament, and thinks that they are followers of perhaps Mao or Che Guevara,....write about the news or be shut up.

 

[jee_nee_us]

[MENTION=24511]Desi_Action[/MENTION] , did you have a fight with someone or what? Chill down dude. The news sounds hilarious if you have a bit of sense of humor and such responses are expected. Cool down and have fun.

 

[Mehrushka]

Folk!!! remember Air Blue crash in Islamabad,......that happened due to pilot's negligence of flying protocols, and he rather preferred to pray whole night on Shab e qadar,....and next day astray not only himself but 100's of other families. And these PTI puppets are just concerned about bragging about themselves,....see their pride up in the comments, so for having zero seat in the parliament, and thinks that they are followers of perhaps Mao or Che Guevara,....write about the news or be shut up.

It was not pilot's fault....it was shot down...coz the plane entered the red zone (bigsmile)