Nagpur: The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) have several times raised objection to presence of a grounded aircraft within kissing distance of main runway of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.
The plane is seen as a threat to the flights taking off and landing here. Still, the airport operator Mihan India Ltd (MIL) is refusing to do anything about it. Strangely, it expressed its inability to do anything. "The aircraft has been abandoned at the airport and a case is pending in the Bombay high court," a senior MIL official told TOI.
The aircraft of Continental Aviation Private Limited (CAPL) and owned by US-based NRI Sam Verma made an emergency landing at the city airport after developing an engine snag on July 21, 1991. It has remained here since then as its owner never paid up the parking charges. Earlier, Airports Authority of India (AAI) had planned to convert it into a unique restaurant after moving it to a site near Wardha Road. Nagpur Municipal Corporation also planned to acquire it and use it for education purpose at its Aero Park project near Swawlambi Nagar. However, both plans never materialised.
30/09/11 Times of India
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