In the case of the nightmare flight of an AUA plane in June due to a hailstorm, the Korneuburg Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation against the airline. There is a presumption of negligence for the public; the AUA rejects the allegations.
Authority spokesman Josef Mechtler confirmed on Monday that an investigation is now underway into whether the airline failed to provide its pilots with the relevant training on the operation of weather radar.
Mechtler confirmed that the suspicion was based on information an expert received from a pilot. The Public Prosecution Service has ordered the relevant training documents to be secured and the AUA had already submitted them. The documents will now be examined by the public prosecutor and the aviation and accident analysis expert.
The AUA allegedly “manipulated the company’s internal documentation system for training, so that training that was not actually carried out appears in the personnel file as completed,” according to the court file, which the “Kurier” reported.
The AUA “strongly rejects” the allegations.
Last Friday, the AUA “reached a position with the Public Prosecution Service on this matter,” the company said: “We reject in the strongest possible terms the allegations made on these issues and raised by an anonymous individual against.” this person or against unfamiliarity. According to the information, legal action is being prepared. It was also noted that the AUA provides “significantly more training than is legally required” in the training and education of its pilots.
As part of its oversight of airlines regarding compliance with the requirements, Austro Control will “follow up on the information,” according to spokesman Markus Pohanka, according to whom there have reportedly been no self-disclosures from the flight captains.
The two pilots are also being investigated for negligence for endangering the public. Mechtler notes that the Public Prosecution Service does not yet have the data from the analysis of the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. The authorities had ordered the seizure, but legal action was taken in this regard.
Serious damage after flight through a thunder cell
In June, the Airbus A320 encountered a thunderstorm en route from Palma de Mallorca to Vienna in Styria, causing severe turbulence. The aircraft still landed safely at Schwechat Airport, but was damaged and could only resume scheduled flights after repairs.
Source: Krone
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