What did the Civil Aviation Administration say in response to the Guilin aviation incident
On November 11, CAAC held a press conference.
Gu Xiaohong, deputy director of the comprehensive Department of CAAC, responded to the Guilin aviation incident.
He said that last week, we also paid attention to the Guilin aviation incident and the response and concern of the media and the public about the incident. After decades of exploration and practice, China's civil aviation safety work has entered the stage of rule management, and a relatively complete rule system has been established, which clearly stipulates the rights and responsibilities of the captain during aircraft operation, and has clear requirements and restrictions on who can enter the cockpit.
"There is no doubt that the captain of Guilin airlines, who was involved in the incident of female passengers entering the cockpit of the aircraft, was indifferent to regulations and safety awareness, ignored safety responsibilities, and illegally allowed unqualified irrelevant personnel to enter such an important place of safety production as the cockpit during aircraft operation, and even took photos at the aircraft operation position. This behavior directly violated relevant regulations, It not only causes potential danger to flight safety, but also has a bad social impact. It is a typical intentional violation. The Civil Aviation Administration will realistically deal with the airline and the personnel involved according to the investigation results of the incident. " Gu Xiaohong said.
Gu Xiaohong said that the Civil Aviation Administration has always attached great importance to the qualification, capacity-building and style construction of professionals, including pilots, always adhere to safety first, guide and require airlines to establish and improve the safety management system, strive to strengthen the three basic construction, pay close attention to the industry style and stick to the safety bottom line. In general, the professional quality and professional ability of the whole civil aviation practitioners have been significantly improved, and the overall performance is good. " However, the incident of Guilin Airlines has once again sounded the alarm for us. There are no trivial matters in safety production. The operation safety and work style must be unremitting and strict. The professional quality education and style construction of employees are always on the road. "
On November 4, Guilin Airlines responded to the Internet transmission that non crew members entered the cockpit to take photos.
Guilin Airlines issued the event description on passengers entering the cockpit of the aircraft, saying that Guilin Airlines received a report from netizens on November 3 about 'a passenger entering the cockpit' and attached great importance to it. Then it established an investigation team and started the internal investigation procedure.
The statement said that after verification, the incident occurred on Guilin Airlines gt1011 Guilin Yangzhou flight on January 4, 2019. Guilin Airlines always puts passenger safety in the first place and adheres to 'zero tolerance' for any improper and unprofessional behavior that may threaten aviation safety. According to the relevant management regulations of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and Guilin airlines, in view of the captain's violation of civil aviation regulations and allowing irrelevant personnel to enter the cockpit, Guilin Airlines decided to impose a lifelong grounding on the captain concerned, and impose an indefinite grounding on other crew members involved and accept the company's further investigation.
The statement said that in view of the incident, Guilin airlines will deeply reflect and seriously improve, strictly abide by the rules and regulations of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, make internal rectification, effectively enhance the safety responsibility and regulation awareness of all personnel, strengthen the establishment of a rigorous safe operation work style, and prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.
Since then, on November 5, the surging news reporter learned from authoritative channels that Guilin Airlines issued a notice on punishing the person responsible for the violation of Guilin Airlines passengers entering the cockpit.
The notice shows that in addition to the captain involved being grounded for life and the relevant crew members being grounded for 12 months, several senior executives such as the chairman, general manager, deputy general manager of maintenance, former safety director and general manager of flight department of Guilin airlines have also been punished and deducted.
Guilin airlines, fully known as Guilin Airlines Co., Ltd., was established on June 17, 2015 with a registered capital of RMB 600 million and the legal representative is Xu Xin. The shareholders of Guilin airlines are Guilin Transportation Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. and Guilin Aviation Tourism Group Co., Ltd. Among them, the major shareholder of Guilin air Tourism Group Co., Ltd. is HNA Tourism Group Co., Ltd., and the major shareholder of the latter is HNA Group Co., Ltd.