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The plane that went through the hard landing was a 5.5-year-old Airbus A320neo (VT CIQ) which did not suffer structural damage when it made the heavy landing (3.5 G) and came to a stop safely, TOI reported...
But the incident didn't go well with the Air India administration, and the pilot who was flying the aircraft has been removed from duties until the completion of the investigation..
This means it came home for repairs after being allowed one landing which aircraft-makers allow after studying the digital flight data recorder (DFDR) to the airlines engineering base as a "substandard ferry (without passengers) flight."..
Major engineering investigations have to be carried out before an aircraft that has suffered such a landing is released for further revenue passenger flights so as to ensure its structural integrity is intact..
Aircraft-makers often allow airlines to operate a "substandard ferry back to major engineering base" on such planes from the place where they might have suffered damage during a hard landing after studying the digital flight data recorder (DFDR), say pilots...
