KOCHI: Two Air India (AI) pilots were suspended on Sunday as part of the inquiry into the incident in which the aircraft skidded off the runway at Agatti airport in Lakshadweep islands on Friday.Earlier, the licence of the pilots were suspended soon after the accident occurred on Friday. The Air India AI9501 flight operating in the Chennai-Kochi-Agatti sector skidded off to a muddy place while landing.The Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided that two pilots will remain under suspension until the inquiry on the incident completes. The pilots gave clarification that the incident occurred owing to bad climatic conditions and not due to manual error.The suspended pilots were commander Rinu Shekhawat and co-pilot C Sreenivasa Rao. The DGCA has ordered a probe which will be submitted within a month.
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