Tower triggers airport, police row

Hyderabad: A communication tower located at the office of the North Zone deputy commissioner of police (DCP) in Secunderabad has triggered a row between police and Begumpet airport authorities.
Two months back, the police department had installed a 60-metre high communication tower on its premises without first obtaining the permission of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
"As per AAI norms, no structure above 30 metres can come up in the vicinity of a runway. The communication tower is around 60 metres high and in violation of norms. We have issued notices to the police to either remove the tower or reduce its height," a senior Begumpet airport official told TOI.
A pilot needs sufficient visibility to be able to safely manoeuvre after take off or before landing during an entirely visual approach or in the visual segment of an instrument approach. "We found the communication tower an obstacle to the safe operation of aircraft," the official added.
21/01/12 Sunil Mungara/Times of India

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Categories: airports Jan 2012