Nagpur airport emerges top choice for emergency landings

Nagpur: Has the centrally-located Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in city emerged as one of the safest airport for landing of all types of aircraft, including Boeing-737, Airbus-320 and even Boeing-747s in case of emergencies or during bad weather conditions at other airports? At least the present airport operator company Mihan India Limited (MIL) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials claim so.
Recent instances in which emergency landings of the Ranchi-Mumbai flight and Zest Airways were handled successfully prove this, a senior airport official said.
He also cited cases of an Indian Air Force helicopter (tail rotor problem), JetLite's Mumbai-Nagpur flight (deflation of nose-wheel tyre) and a London-Delhi Virgin Atlantic Airbus 346-600's emergency landing.Airport director AK Verma said that more than 650 aircraft on domestic traffic from north to south and east to west and international routes such as Europe, Africa, South-East and East Asia pass over Nagpur air space every day. At least 29 domestic flights operate from city airport.
Officials also claim that with its 3,200 meter runway, the airport can handle all kinds of emergency situations.
17/11/11 Sachin Dravekar/Times of India

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Categories: airports Nov 2011, Safety Nov 2011