Indian skies are safe for flying: Kanu Gohain, Ex-Director General, DGCA

During the last one decade, this is the only major mishap faced by a commercial aircraft in India. The last one took place in Patna in 2000, on which the report is in the public domain, and no one can blame air safety norms for that incident.
"As far as the Mangalore incident is concerned, let’s get the investigative report first before ascertaining what actually went wrong. Let’s collect all the information and analyse it before coming to the conclusion whether it was a technical fault or a human error. But I consider this as an isolated incident and the Indian skies are safe." says Kanu Gohain, Former Director General, DGCA.
The runway at Mangalore airport is absolutely perfect. We have a couple of other airports such as Calicut in Kerala and Lengpui in Mizoram which are also table-top airports. The Mangalore airport’s runway is about 8,000 feet and has passed all basic safety norms. The runway was upgraded in 2006 and the airport system was designed to rectify any problem that could have cropped up there. We are proud that India is now a leading spot on the global aviation map and the way we have grown is stupendous. In fact, the rate of accident in the Indian aviation sector is far less compared to the global industry standards.
Yes, because of our high growth and shortage of trained pilots in India, we had to recruit foreign pilots. But norms are quite strict when an airline hires a pilot from a foreign nation.
23/05/10 Shantanu Nandan Sharma/Economic Times

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