Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the sole survivor of the Air India Flight 171 crash in the hospital.
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AN Air India pilot had a panic attack seconds before take-off just a day after the crash which killed 279 people.

The pilot was at the controls of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner – the same as tragic flight AI 171 – when he was overcome by nerves.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the sole survivor of the Air India Flight 171 crash in the hospital.
An Air India pilot had a panic attack one day after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, picturedCredit: Reuters
Rescue team members extinguishing a fire at a plane crash site.
Rescue team members work at the site of the crash in AhmedabadCredit: Reuters
Illustration of Air India flight incidents following a crash in Ahmedabad.

He was in the line-up queuing to take off from Delhi airport for the 9 hours 20 minutes flight to Copenhagen.

But as the planes edged forward he decided he could not continue.

A message was received by the tower to say that a member of crew was ill and the plane was returning to the terminal.

A new pilot was then found and the flight eventually took off, landing in Denmark at 10.31pm local time on Friday, two hours and 31 minutes late.

A source told The Sun: “It is likely that the panic attack was connected with post-traumatic stress disorder due to the crash.

“Pilots of wide bodied planes are very shaken after the incident last week. One said he kept replaying it in his head.

“Another said that he didn’t know if he would be able to get back into the cockpit again.”

Air India has reached out to all its pilots, encouraging them to seek assistance if they have any concerns following the crash of flight AI 171 shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad last Thursday, which resulted in the loss of 279 lives.

It also suggested they make use of the company’s buddy system where they can confide any concerns to colleagues.

The panic attack pilot is now likely to face rigorous medical testing before he is allowed to fly again.

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Under India’s aviation rules, aviators have to pass a medical every 12 months to retain their Commercial Pilot’s Licence.

This incident brings the number of Air India flights disrupted since the crash to seven.

The departure of flight AI 143 from Delhi to Paris, scheduled for Tuesday at 1:15 pm, was canceled after “mandatory pre-flight checks identified an issue,” according to the airline.

As a result, the return service from Paris to Delhi on Wednesday has also been cancelled.

The Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London – the same route as the crashed plane – was also cancelled on Tuesday.

Smoke plume from a plane crash seen from an airport window.
The pilot’s panic attack came just one day after the horror smash into a doctors’ hostelCredit: AFP
Plane wreckage embedded in a building.
The plane was seen wedged in a buildingCredit: Reuters
Large fire and smoke from a plane crash.
It crashed in a fireball at a doctor’s hostelCredit: x/nchorAnandN

Contrary to initial reports suggesting technical difficulties, the airline clarified that the cancellation was “due to the unavailability of the aircraft, resulting from airspace restrictions and additional precautionary checks.”

A San Francisco-Mumbai flight was delayed during a scheduled stop at Kolkata on Tuesday morning due to an engine issue.

A total of six international Air India flights – all using the 787-8 Dreamliner – were cancelled on Tuesday.

Another Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had to return to Hong Kong mid-flight after a suspected technical issue on Monday.

And the day after the crash a Phuket-Delhi flight was forced to make an emergency landing back at Phuket after a bomb threat.

Air India declined to comment about the panic attack.

India’s dark aviation history

A LONDON-BOUND Air India flight crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.

The following are details of some other airline accidents in India in recent decades:

AUGUST 2020

At least 18 people died and 16 were severely injured when an Air India Express Boeing 737 plane skidded off the runway in the southern city of Kozhikode during heavy rain, plunged into a valley and crashed nose-first into the ground.

MAY 2010

An Air India Boeing 737 flight from Dubai overshot the runway at the airport in the southern city of Mangaluru and crashed into a ravine, killing 158 people on board.

JULY 2000

More than 50 people were killed when a state-owned Alliance Air flight between Kolkata and the capital, New Delhi, crashed in a residential area of the eastern city of Patna.

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