Thiruvananthapuram: The Mangalore airport crash last year was one of the worst the country has seen. A similar accident is waiting to happen at the Calicut airport, according to a report by the Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council, accessed by CNN-IBN.
In the May 22 crash last year, over 150 people died after an Air India Express plane overshot the runway at Mangalore Airport. The airport has a table top runway atop a plateau with a steep drop at either end.
Captain Mohan Ranganathan, a member of the Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council said, "A couple of days back where a Caribbean aircraft overshot the runway in rain and broke into pieces, a similar thing can happen in Calicut, this is what we have been worried about and we are warning that they must reduce the runway link. Then the operation will be safe, but with the current link that they have, it is a violation of rules as well as the safety norms."
The Safety Advisory Council report to the DGCA and AAI, dated April 28, said, "A 240 m safety area beyond the runway is critical in case the aircraft overshoots. The Calicut runway doesn't have even the minimum 90 metres. In fact there is a sharp drop. Any aircraft overrunning the runway will fall, possibly breaking up on impact."
05/08/11 Dakshina Muraleedharan/CNN-IBN
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