Safety of the flyers is at stake as the U.S.-made Instrument Landing System (ILS) installed in the premier international airport of the State here to guide aircraft to precision landing has not been calibrated.
The emergency landing of Jet Airways aircraft on Tuesday, diverted from Kochi due to inclement weather, at Thiruvananthapuram international airport after three attempts and the ‘May Day’ message (emergency) from Capt. Manoj Ramawarrier has exposed the laxity on the part of Airports Authority of India (AAI) to calibrate the ILS installed over a month.
“It was a crash like and 9/11 situation while the aircraft was hovering around in the city for over 10 minutes. The commander even said good bye after despatching ‘May Day’ message to the Air Traffic Control. The ATF had gone below the danger level and he was unable to land due to poor visibility. It was only god’s grace that saved the lives of 155 on board as the aircraft that was coming from Doha landed at 7.04 a.m.”, officials in the Airports Authority of India having access to the whole operation told The Hindu .
The existing ILS that was working was shifted to install the ILS procured from Selex ES US by the AAI without taking into account the ongoing inclement weather and monsoon, sources said.
22/08/15 S. Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
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The emergency landing of Jet Airways aircraft on Tuesday, diverted from Kochi due to inclement weather, at Thiruvananthapuram international airport after three attempts and the ‘May Day’ message (emergency) from Capt. Manoj Ramawarrier has exposed the laxity on the part of Airports Authority of India (AAI) to calibrate the ILS installed over a month.
“It was a crash like and 9/11 situation while the aircraft was hovering around in the city for over 10 minutes. The commander even said good bye after despatching ‘May Day’ message to the Air Traffic Control. The ATF had gone below the danger level and he was unable to land due to poor visibility. It was only god’s grace that saved the lives of 155 on board as the aircraft that was coming from Doha landed at 7.04 a.m.”, officials in the Airports Authority of India having access to the whole operation told The Hindu .
The existing ILS that was working was shifted to install the ILS procured from Selex ES US by the AAI without taking into account the ongoing inclement weather and monsoon, sources said.
22/08/15 S. Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
