Test flight on Friday after eight months
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The domestic airline company Sourya Airlines, which was shut down by the Civil Aviation Authority after an accident in July after taking off from Kathmandu to Pokhara, conducted a test flight on Friday after eight months. The company's CRJ-200ER aircraft did a 45-minute test flight in the skies of Kathmandu on Friday afternoon, said Mukesh Khanal, head of the marketing department of Sourya.
"The test flight took place on Friday," said Khanal, "We will submit a report to the regulatory body within two weeks. The authority's co-spokesman Gyanendra Bhul said that the authority gave permission to the CRJ-200ER, the only one of the two aircraft owned by Sourya, to conduct a test flight on Thursday. Solar's CRJ, which has the registration number 'Alpha November Mike' in the authority, had given permission to conduct a test flight in the skies around Kathmandu on Friday. This plane was not allowed to go outside the skies over Kathmandu.
There is a rule that a 'Certificate of Air Ordinance' must be issued before the airline companies and aircraft that have been closed for a long time are brought back into operation. Vivechan Khanal, manager of Solar's operations department, has submitted an application to the authority on Wednesday stating that the company is now safe for flight and has met all the necessary technical standards.
According to the permission issued by the authority, Captain Anup Thapa and another instructor pilot Dharmendra Singh did a test flight on Friday. Three aircraft engineers were involved in the flight. According to the company, they tested the systems, equipment, navigation, etc. involved in the various flights of the aircraft during the flight.
"The objective of such a flight is to verify that all technical aspects work properly and the aircraft can fly safely," said co-spokesman Bhul. After this flight, the pilot and engineer must submit a technical report to the regulatory body. Then the ban on commercial flights will be lifted.
Last July 8, 18 people were killed when the CRJ plane of Sourya flying for a repositioning flight to Pokhara crashed in the northeast part of Kathmandu airport. After the technical accident of most of the departments, the authority banned Sourya from flying until the manpower is developed.
Only one captain was rescued alive in the accident. He is currently undergoing treatment.
The preliminary report of the accident investigation commission showed that the accident was caused by improper loading of the ship, abnormal flight speed, etc. The Commission has not published a detailed report. Sourya, which was flying to Bhadrapur and Biratnagar from only three aircraft, now has only two CRJ aircraft. Only one of them is flyable.
'After the accident, we have completed a test flight with the manpower and standards that were vacant. We are preparing to return to commercial flights soon by following the procedures after this," Deepak Pokharel, president of Sourya Airlines said, "After the test flight of this aircraft, there is a plan to repair another CRJ and complete the test flight. After these two CRJs start commercial flights, Sourya is preparing to fly domestically with ATR-600 aircraft at least 6 months later. President Pokharel said.
