Singapore Airlines A380 Rolls Back at IGI Airport Due to Pilot Error | Delhi News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A380 rolled back after docking at a parking bay in IGI Airport on Monday night as the pilots allegedly forgot to apply the parking brake. Luckily, it did not hit any other plane or vehicle and the pilots quickly realised the mistake and applied the brake.
The world’s biggest double-decker commercial aircraft had landed at the Delhi airport from Singapore around 8pm. “The parking bay has a slight slope to ensure water flows out towards the apron during rain. After docking at the parking bay, the aircraft rolled back at 8.14pm. Then the pilots applied the parking brake,” said airport sources.
Comments from SIA were awaited till the time of going to press.
An aircraft parking brake, also known as hand brake or emergency brake, is a critical safety feature that prevents an aircraft from moving when it’s parked. It’s a lever in the cockpit that’s usually located near the main control panel or pedals.The standard operating procedure states that when an aircraft stops at a bay, the parking brake is set and the engines are shut down. After that, engineering staffers place aircraft choks, triangular blocks in front of and behind the wheels. Only after that the parking brakes are released.
This is at least the second rare instance witnessed at IGIA in the past two months, On Oct 5, the pilots of an Oman Air aircraft had allegedly started an engine when the aerobridge and the bulk loader used for baggage loading-unloading were connected to the Boeing 737. There was no injury, but the baggage on trolleys near the started engine went flying away, said sources. The boarding for the Delhi-Muscat flight was yet to begin. Sources said that for snag rectification, the pilots had started the engine without clearance.