Mumbai airport sets itself October deadline for surface movement radar installation

Pune: If the Airports Authority of India sticks to its deadline, then Mumbai airport will have a surface movement radar (SMR) by the end of October.
This deadline was set after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation asked the AAI to expedite the installation, following an accidental runway incursion on May 26 by an Indigo flight when a Jet flight was on about to land.
A surface movement radar will give air traffic controllers an electronic view of every movement across the runway and the tarmac and is particularly useful during bad weather and at night when visual monitoring is difficult for air traffic controllers.
The equipment was procured last September but the installation has been delayed for a variety of reasons. Last week, AAI chairperson V P Agarwal intervened and cleared the decks for speedy installation.
07/06/10 Ranjani Raghavan/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Jun 2010