Only one TransAsia pilot fails latest safety test after crash

March 31, 2015 10:32 am | Updated November 16, 2021 05:11 pm IST - TAIPEI

Relatives of the victims in a plane crash pray over the wreckage along the river bank in Taipei, Taiwan. File photo

Relatives of the victims in a plane crash pray over the wreckage along the river bank in Taipei, Taiwan. File photo

Only one of 53 pilots at TransAsia Airways Corp failed a second-round proficiency test held in the wake of a crash in February, which killed 43 people, Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said on Tuesday.

A first round of testing saw 10 pilots out of 49 fail an oral test to evaluate a pilot's ability to handle an aircraft during engine failure and another 19 did not attend the test, leading to the suspension of all 29.

The oral technical proficiency test, immediately after the crash of the turboprop ATR 72 aircraft in Taipei, resulted in unacceptably poor results, TransAsia said at the time.

All pilots passed a retest in mid-March after undergoing airline-mandated retraining.

A second round proficiency test was completed on Monday.

The CAA said the one pilot, who failed the latest test would be removed from active duty and his training re-evaluated.

TransAsia Flight GE235 lurched between buildings, clipped an overpass with one of its wings and crashed upside down into a shallow river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport in early February.

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