Two suspended for communication failure with PM's jet

New Delhi: A K Sangal and O P Saxena, officials from the communications wing of Airports Authority of India (AAI) have been suspended in connection with a communication failure last month between a special jet carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the air traffic control at the airport here.
The sources pointed out that the AAI had recently issued a directive that officials in charge of communications should be present at key airports whenever a flight carrying a VIP landed or took off.
It was found that neither Sangal nor Saxena was present when the Prime Minister's Aircraft landed on June 24 on his return from Bangalore.The VHF communication system at the airport went dead as soon as the plane touched down. There was no VHF contact between the ATC and the jet for a few minutes.
07/07/06 PTI/The Hindu

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