Aviation ministry to probe delay in installation of radar

Mumbai: The civil aviation ministry has begun digging into the reasons behind the delay in installing the surface movement radar (SMR) at the Mumbai airport on Monday. “We are looking in the delay aspect,” said Alok Sinha, joint secretary, civil aviation ministry. The Airport Authority of India (AAI)
missed the December 31 deadline, its third deadline in a year, to set up the radar, which is critical to smoothen ground traffic management on the airfield.
AAI had missed deadlines in February and October last year. AAI officials said they were unable to start the radar because the aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), had not cleared the project.
The SMR will provide digital images of moving objects on the airfield on the workstations of air traffic controllers.
04/01/11 Soubhik Mitra/Hindustan Times

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Categories: Airports Jan 2011