Thiruvananthapuram: The Thiruvananthapuram International Airport will soon switch over to the automated air traffic control (ATC) system, thereby becoming the seventh such airport in the country.
Titled ‘Indra’, the advanced automation technology, which is on a trial run now, is awaiting the final clearance from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The new system has been installed at the airport at a cost of 3,19,000 Euros as part of the Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) efforts to modernise the air traffic management system at the airports in its fold.
A DGCA team which visited the airport early this month had examined the safety and controller-friendly aspects of the new system.
‘’The automated system ensures zero error in our operations,’’ said Shibu Roberts, Joint General Manager (Air Traffic Management).
‘’The early warning system will alert the ATC personnel if two aircraft advance against each other breaching the safety standards,’’ he said.
The ATC rules stipulate a lateral separation of 5 nautical miles (NM) and vertical separation of 1,000 feet between two aircraft when they are in the 50 nautical mile-radius of the radar. Similarly, there are other separation standards if the aircraft are between 50 and 250 NM radius of the radar.
In the automated facility, the system will alert the ATC personnel if it finds two aircraft violating the separation standards.
19/03/12 M S Vidyanandan/New Indian Express/IBN Live
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