14 yrs on, India yet to act on air safety proposals

Mumbai: Whether any lessons are learnt from the Mangalore air tragedy remains to be seen. But some vital air safety recommendations following the 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, which killed 349 passengers, have not yet been implemented.
Justice R C Lahoti in his inquiry report on the Charkhi Dadri crash had recommended the formation of an independent air traffic control. Most countries such as Australia, the US, UK, France, Spain have autonomous ATC organisations. Fourteen years later though, the country still to act on Lahoti's air safety recommendation.
While the plans to corporatise air traffic control (ATC) got going last year — the corporatised entity is likey to be called Air Navigation Services Corporation (ANSC) — recent developments indicate that air traffic control may not be made into an independent body as recommended by Lahoti report.
21/09/10 Manju V/Times of India

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Categories: airports Sep 2010, Safety Sep 2010