DGCA guidelines for chopper pilots: Keeping in view the protection of operation in the hilly areas, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched an extra hill test for pilots operating to helipads at 10,000 ft through the Char Dham yatra from this season onwards. This comes as no less than six pilgrims and a pilot have been killed in a chopper crash close to Kedarnath Shrine in Uttarakhand on October 2022.Â
A senior official knowledgeable that below the protection measures, pilots operating in the Himalayan area will get specialised coaching below the brand new algorithm launched by DGCA.Â
DGCA issues security guidelines to all operators
After the final yr’s chopper crash that claimed seven lives and one other incident that occurred this yr the place an official of the Uttarakhand authorities was killed after coming in contact with a tail rotor, DGCA issued security guidelines to all operators in the hill area.
Char Dham Yatra
Char Dham Yatra is without doubt one of the hottest pilgrimages attracting numerous devotees from varied elements of India. Kedarnath is certainly one of these locations. All 4 shrines are at excessive altitudes the place excessive climate circumstances can change quickly.
It needs to be talked about right here that the Kedarnath pilgrimage began on April 25 this yr. The chopper shuttle providers additionally started on the identical date by seven operators authorized by DGCA after an inspection performed from April 20-23.
(With ANI inputs)Â
