Table-top airports safe: Experts

Mangalore: Airports are not responsible for accidents, which occur mainly due to human error and negligence. Experts made this observation at a two-day workshop on ‘Table-top airports and safety aspects’ organised by the Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee Committee and National Institute of Technology Karnataka.
“With the development of modern aviation electronics, aircraft guiding systems, airport lighting and radars that have become common and standard equipment even in the smallest of airports, there is no way accidents take place in airports or near the airports,” they said.
“Systems like integrated landing system (ILS) and precision airport path indicator (PAPI) make landing at any airport safe. But if pilots ignore these precision indicators and adopt a cavalier approach to aircraft operation, mishaps are bound to happen,” said D Devaraj, regional executive director, southern range.
Without referring to the air mishap on May 22, 2010, at Kenjar near Mangalore, which killed 158 passengers and crew, Devaraj said competence of pilots and precision instruments onboard make airports safe to land irrespective of their geographical features.
Union minister of corporate affairs M Veerappa Moily said the Mangalore airport would get the international tag as it had met all the safety and air traffic management norms.
He said domestic civil aviation has a bright future as the middle class is growing.
02/11/11 M Raghuram/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: airports Nov 2011, Safety Nov 2011