70 near-miss incidents in 3 yrs, Lok Sabha told

New Delhi: Nearly 70 incidents of near-misses were reported in the country in the past three years, the government told Lok Sabha today and said that the reasons behind the October 23 plane crash at Mangalore airport were being examined.
The Civil Aviation Ministry, in a written reply to questions, said that nearly 70 incidents of air proximity (near misses) were reported in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Regarding the Mangalore air crash in May this year that claimed 158 lives, the ministry said that the government was examining the reasons behind the incident.
On the financial health of the National Aviation Company of India Ltd, Patel admitted that the NACIL and other airlines were running in losses but added that the government had infused Rs 800 crore as equity and also inducted five part-time, non-official independent directors on the Board of Air India for professional functioning of the airline.
Emphasising that the aviation sector had grown in the past five years, Patel also told the House in reply to a question that the domestic passenger traffic in 2009 increased to 43.8 million from 18.2 million in 2004.
18/11/10 PTI/MSN.com

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Categories: Safety Nov 2010