Airbus for stringent rules to check mishaps

Airbus for stringent rules to check mishapsEuropean aircraft maker Airbus has announced to frame rules for checking the safety of newly delivered and overhauled planes in a bid to decrease possibilities of aviation hazard that claimed many lives in the past.

Cockpit crews would become more responsible to check the safety of new and overhauled planes.

The firm has taken recent flight-test accidents in France and a near-crash in Britain very seriously and pledged to do everything possible to mitigate chances of crash.

Airbus has urged its clients to come up with tougher flight ground test standards for their pilots for proper verification of operations of the planes.

The firm outlined its efforts for stringent safety standards at an aviation-safety conference in Beijing this month and asked for the stern need of training pilots.

Harry Nelson, a senior flight-test pilot and manager for Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co, added, "We see a lot of problems with [airplanes] decelerating too rapidly and throwing themselves into a stall situation."

Meanwhile, Airbus has launched a five-day course aimed to enhance flying skills and decision-making abilities of pilots. Pilots would be trained on how to adjust power, handle the controls and troubleshoot systems at low speed.