An air controller's split second delay in assessing a situation and giving clear instructions to pilots of three aircraft put passengers of two flights in peril this December.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is investigating the "serious incident" that took place this winter. Pending the report, the controller in question has been shunted out of the air traffic control (ATC) tower.
On the morning of December 11, the controller at the tower in Kolkata airport had three aircraft on his hands. An Emirates flight to Dubai and an IndiGo Airlines flight to Hyderabad were taxiing for take-off from the main runway while a SilkAir flight from Singapore was approaching to land at the airport.
A routine affair at that time of the day, the controller asked the Emirates aircraft to line up from Taxiway K and gave it clearance for take-off. The IndiGo flight was asked to queue up and was next in sequence to hit the runway and take off. The SilkAir flight was around 6 nautical miles from touch down and approaching the landing strip at 320 kmph.
For some reason that is cur rently being looked into, the Emirates flight stood at the Madhyamgram end of the runway for one minute and 15 seconds before starting its take-off run. The rapidly approaching SilkAir aircraft was now 2 nautical miles of touchdown.
23/02/17 Subhro Niyogi/The Times Of India
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The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is investigating the "serious incident" that took place this winter. Pending the report, the controller in question has been shunted out of the air traffic control (ATC) tower.
On the morning of December 11, the controller at the tower in Kolkata airport had three aircraft on his hands. An Emirates flight to Dubai and an IndiGo Airlines flight to Hyderabad were taxiing for take-off from the main runway while a SilkAir flight from Singapore was approaching to land at the airport.
A routine affair at that time of the day, the controller asked the Emirates aircraft to line up from Taxiway K and gave it clearance for take-off. The IndiGo flight was asked to queue up and was next in sequence to hit the runway and take off. The SilkAir flight was around 6 nautical miles from touch down and approaching the landing strip at 320 kmph.
For some reason that is cur rently being looked into, the Emirates flight stood at the Madhyamgram end of the runway for one minute and 15 seconds before starting its take-off run. The rapidly approaching SilkAir aircraft was now 2 nautical miles of touchdown.
23/02/17 Subhro Niyogi/The Times Of India
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