PETALING JAYA: 'Double Six' pilot Gandhi J. Nathan was likely under pressure, exhausted and was experiencing stomach discomfort at th time of the aircraft's crash, according to the declassified report on the tragedy.
PETALING JAYA:"Double Six" pilot Gandhi J. Nathan was likely under pressure, exhausted and was experiencing stomach discomfort at th time of the aircraft's crash, according to the declassified report on the tragedy.
Prior to the accident at 3.42pm, Gandhi had flown successfully from Labuan to Kota Kinabalu twice, starting at 6.35am."Therefore, as he took off at 6.35am and suffered the fatal accident at 3.42pm, he had already been on duty for an official time of 11 hours and seven minutes – this was in excess of the company duty period of 10 hours.
For instance, the report said that there was a legal requirement to prepare load sheets before each flight. The report also said the pilot had a habit of not completing standard requirements and procedures before flying. "Thus the scene appears to have set where the pilot, not in the habit of completing many of the requirements or procedures, called for by the company, did no more than a casual walk around the aircraft in Labuan and sat in the cockpit when the final loading was completed, oblivious to the incorrect distribution of the load," said the report.
The report also said that Gandhi failed to comply with the request of the Kota Kinabalu air traffic control to report passing an altitude of 2,000 feet.The report also said Gandhi's failure to respond to the ATC could be due to Gandhi noticing that the tailplane trim of the plane was in a"full down" position.
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