ON 17 Jul 09, Flt Lt D Autade 27711-G F(P) was detailed to fly a 2 vs 1 DACT sortie. After gettingairborne, there was smoke in the cockpit and he was unable to see the flight instrumentsclearly. He gave a call to the leader and took appropriate actions. The smoke however, did notreduce and an overweight priority landing had to be carried out. Despite being unable to see theflight instruments clearly and with the aircraft weight well above the normal landing weight, hemanaged to recover the aircraft safely.Flt Lt D Autade 27711-G F(P) recovered the aircraft professionally and helped avert a possibleaccident/incident. |