Civil Aviation Authority issues urgent instructions after two planes collide at Noi Bai Airport

The scene of the collision between two planes at Noi Bai Airport. (Photo: Provided by Noi Bai International Airport)

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has just sent an official dispatch to units in the aviation sector regarding strengthening aviation safety work.

Accordingly, on June 27, at Noi Bai International Airport, an incident occurred where aircraft VN-A863 collided with aircraft VN-A338 at the intersection between taxiways S and S3.

In order to strengthen the work of ensuring the safety of aircraft operations, especially during the peak summer period of 2025 and the stormy and unfavorable weather conditions in the coming time, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam requires units to urgently and seriously comply with the instructions of the Authority on strengthening flight safety in unfavorable weather conditions; strictly comply with the operating procedures, regulations on duty time and rest time of aviation staff.

Agencies and units should strengthen the dissemination, dissemination and raising awareness of compliance with regulations and procedures to all employees, especially pilots and air traffic controllers, to ensure aviation safety.

Aircraft pilots strictly adhere to standard operating procedures, especially during critical phases of flight including taxiing, takeoff and landing.

Specifically, the pilot conducts a pre-flight taxiway meeting, uses updated airport documents, and assigns specific tasks to the flight crew during taxiing; during taxiing, he must increase observation, proactively identify key intersections, hot spots, intersections, narrow taxiways, or areas with high activity density. If there is any doubt about the safe distance from surrounding obstacles (aircraft, vehicles, people, foreign objects - FOD...), he must immediately stop moving and notify air traffic control.

The pilot must listen, repeat and confirm the instructions of the air traffic controller to ensure compliance with the instructions, regulations and procedures. In case the content of the instructions is unclear, the flight crew must reconfirm with the air traffic controller before performing; only perform tasks related to ensuring the safety of aircraft operations (do not use personal vehicles to take photos, record videos, etc.); strengthen internal inspection, evaluation and supervision on flights and review operating procedures to continuously improve safety assurance.

The air traffic controller at the air traffic control tower ensures full and comprehensive observation and supervision of all activities during the entire aircraft operation process of the shift; effectively uses support equipment (ground monitoring system, binoculars...), geographic markers, and related terrain to determine the location, direction of movement, and safe distance of the aircraft in order to promptly detect and handle arising and unusual situations, especially the situation of aircraft stopping and parking in violation of regulations, taxiing routes not following the instructions...

Air traffic controllers must strictly concentrate on listening, repeating completely and correctly and promptly implementing the instructions of the flight crew. When detecting incorrect repetition of instructions or suspecting that the pilot does not clearly understand the content of important instructions (limited instructions, instructions to stop and wait at the waiting position before the runway, landing, crossing the runway, etc.), the air traffic controller must repeat twice to emphasize, attract concentration, and ensure that the pilot understands the instructions correctly before implementing them.

Air traffic controllers must have a good grasp of meteorological information, especially in adverse weather conditions, and must promptly update and notify early to proactively develop appropriate operating plans and provide information and advice to pilots.

For airport operators, strengthen the review and inspection of the system of signs, road markings, signal paints, and lighting systems at airports to ensure the system's service readiness and ensure safe operations at the airport area.

The airport is researching and applying enhanced control and movement guidance systems at the airport to prevent intrusion into runways and avoid collisions with aircraft at airports with high traffic density./.

According to VNA

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