DGCA identifies airports of Shimla and Kullu as critical

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its safety audit report identified two airports of Shimla and Kullu in Himachal Pradesh as critical.
Following the crash of the Air India Express flight IX 812 in Mangalore on May 22, the DGCA has in all identified 11 airports as difficult.
"In India few air fields have been identified as difficult air fields and Kullu is one of them. The command in difficult airfields is very necessary and who all commanders can make the aircrafts land here," said aviation expert Subhash Sharma.
"All these commanders have to take special clearance as the plane has to pass through valley to enter the airfield that is why it is difficult," he added.
Meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the State Government has asked for the expansion of the airport, but would go with the decisions of the Authority.
06/08/10 ANI/Sify

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Categories: airports aug 2010, Safety Aug 2010