Mumbai runway shortened after jet-blast blows off fence

Mumbai: Flights departing from the city airport will have a shortened runway as the take-off point on the main runway was shortened by 300m on Tuesday, after a jet-blast from a cargo plane blew off the safety deflectors near the departure end. The take-off point has been pushed in so that in absence of deflectors, jet-blasts do not hit the slums nearby.
Flights departing from Mumbai airport will have a shortened runway for a take-off in the coming days. The take-off point on the main runway was shortened by 300 meters on Tuesday, after a strong jet-blast from a cargo plane blew off the safety deflectors near the departure end of the main runway (09-27). The take-off point has been pushed inside to keep the jet-blast from departing aircraft from hitting the slums in the absence of the blast deflectors.
Around 2.30am on Monday, the fence or the jet-blast deflector was found blown off near the 27 end of the main runway, which is also the take-off point. Portions of the fence also landed on some hutments in the nearby Shastri Nagar slum, triggering panic among residents who were fast asleep at that hour.
11/07/12 Times of India

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Categories: airports Jul 2012, Safety Jul 2012