VietNamNet
Bridge - Nearly a week after a
Vietjet Air flight landed in the wrong city, Minister of Transport Dinh La
Thang apologized for the incident after a meeting held on Wednesday.
The flight was scheduled to land in Da Lat but instead
went to Khanh Hoa.
The meeting was attended by Vietjet Air
representatives, officials of the two other domestic airlines Vietnam Airlines
and Jetstar Pacific, and representatives of the state aviation management
bodies.
"On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I would
like to offer an apology to the people and the passengers for this
incident," Minister Thang said.
During the meeting, Mr. Thang several times questioned
the representatives of the Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration (CAAV) about
whether Vietjet Air was capable to continue offering flights.
"This is a serious incident, which directly
endangered flight safety. It is a lucky thing that there was no consequences
from it. But we will be lucky forever?"Minister Thang said.
With this statement, he requested the CAAV to
reconsider the flying conditions of Vietjet Air and to not allow the carrier to
receive more aircraft, if it is unqualified.
Currently, Vietjet Air has 15 aircraft and it plans to
have dozens more in the coming years.
Vice Minister Pham Quy Tieu said many mistakes were
made by the flight attendants, the pilots, the flight controller and the air
controllers.
The chief pilot drove the aircraft straight towards to
Cam Ranh and thought that the flight was on the right path until the aircraft
was only five miles from the airport.
At that time, the aircraft could not be redirected and
it had to land. The air controllers also erred as they only announced that the plane was on the
wrong path 28 minutes after the aircraft took off.
Minister Thang asked the CAAV to tighten supervision
over Vietjet Air. He said that private airlines had developed rapidly in scale
but the professional qualifications and workforce could not keep up with the
scale of growth.
Minister Thang also proposed to reprimand the CAAV
chief for reporting the incident late and withholding information. He said the
ministry would impose more severe sanctions if similar incidents are repeated.
He asked all agencies to learn from the experience and
review their operations.
On this occasion, the Minister also discussed the
unfair competition in the airline industry. He said all aviation service
businesses must be equitized.
Son Tung
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