An easyJet pilot has been suspended after a jet carrying up to 190 people flew too close to a mountain as it descended into Egypt.
Captain Paul Elsworth was operating an easyJet flight travelling from Manchester airport to the popular Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, Egypt last month.
As the Airbus A320 started to descend on 2 February, the ground proximity warning system (GPWS), a safety feature which warns of a potential collision with terrain, was triggered in the cockpit.
As a result, the jet was pulled up and levelled. Passengers remained unaware that the plane had just flown much closer to a mountain than it should have.
A review found that the plane came within 770ft of the peak of a mountain while flying over the range at an altitude of 3,100ft. Pilots normally fly over this mountain range at around 6,000ft.
Sources told The Sun the jet had been descending at 4,928ft per minute before the GPWS sounded the alarm.
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Captain Paul Elsworth was operating an easyJet flight travelling from Manchester airport to the popular Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, Egypt last month.
As the Airbus A320 started to descend on 2 February, the ground proximity warning system (GPWS), a safety feature which warns of a potential collision with terrain, was triggered in the cockpit.
As a result, the jet was pulled up and levelled. Passengers remained unaware that the plane had just flown much closer to a mountain than it should have.
A review found that the plane came within 770ft of the peak of a mountain while flying over the range at an altitude of 3,100ft. Pilots normally fly over this mountain range at around 6,000ft.
Sources told The Sun the jet had been descending at 4,928ft per minute before the GPWS sounded the alarm.
Read more about this here - https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...l-elsworth-suspended-manchester-b2713467.html