Mangalore: Post-Gokhale Report, Additional Safety Measures at Airport

Mangalore: The court of inquiry led by Air Marshal B N Gokhale on the Air India Express plane-crash here on May 22, 2010, had recently submitted its final report to the union government.
The COI has apparently made a special note of the runway-end had recommended special safety measures.Now the government and the DGCA have decided in right earnest to implement certain measures recommended by the COI. Work has commenced on the runway-end safety area at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore as part of phase I.Keeping in mind the need for additional safety for the aircraft landing, a 237-metre cliff area is being filled to bring it to the level of the runway. Sand arrester facility to prevent planes from moving off the runway is being provided.'Distance Go' markers, which would facilitate safer landing are being fitted on the runways designated as 06/24 and 09/27 at a cost of Rs 10.5 lakh.
04/05/11 Mangalorean.com

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Categories: Airports May 2011, Safety May 2011