Some developments & trends in Indian Aviation sector

New Delhi: Airports Authority of India (AAI) will establish Mobile Command Post (MCP), a hightech safety service at its 66 big airports to combat and co-ordinate all kind of aviation emergencies, with an investment of around Rs 100 crore.
MCP will be ultra-modern heavy duty trucks that will be mounted with satellite-enabled and wirelessbased communication systems to control post-mishaps situations in coordination with civil authorities. It will serve as the single point of disaster management at these airports.
It is part of AAI's safety upgradation programme to meet the higher safety standards at all international and major domestic airports, which have seen massive jump in air-traffic in recent years.
Each of the truck will have a GPSbased satellite navigation, satellite phones and wireless sets, faxes, TV cameras and monitors to aid safety measures. Initially, MCP will be installed at the key airports-Kolkata , Amritsar, Trivandrum and Chennaiand will later be standardised at all the 66 airports, all of which are equipped with AAI's fire safety services.
30/11/07 Economic Times

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Categories: General Aviation Nov 2007