Thiruvananthapuram: Confusion prevails over finalising the location for the Route Surveillance Radar (RSR) that is to be procured by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport as part of upgrading its air traffic management systems.
The air traffic management authorities here had informed the AAI that the new RSR should be located at a higher altitude to prevent the radar going ‘blind' above the Nedumbassery, Karipur, Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli and Madurai airports and for effective monitoring of the aircraft that are taking off and landing at those airports, highly placed sources in the airport told The Hindu.
The move to install the new Route Surveillance Radar at the same spot where the existing radars were housed would jeopardise air safety as it would not be able to provide ‘line of sight' due to the hilly terrain around Thiruvananthapuram airport. “The radar will go blind as the magnetic lines travel in straight lines, and installing the new one at the ground level will be a safety risk. Though the existing radars at the Thiruvananthapuram airport are 17-years-old, they are in good condition, but for the lack of line of sight,” sources said.
26/03/12 S Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
0 comments:
Post a Comment