Chennai: A minor fire broke out in the equipment room at Chennai airport's Air Traffic Control (ATC) complex on Monday. It was put out immediately using a fire extinguisher.
This is the third fire accident at the airport in a year. A major fire in the backup battery room of the ATC building shut down the airport for two-and-a-half hours in March 2013, while a fire in the new radar building in September delayed plans to commission the secondary radar. It has been a year since the fire inside the ATC building but neither Airports Authority of India nor Directorate General of Civil Aviation has studied and prepared a report about the causes and steps needed to avoid such accidents.
AAI officials say the fire in the ATC building was triggered by a short circuit which set fire to the batteries and do not feel the need to study its cause though it is a sensitive installation used to control movement of flights. DGCA is yet to file its report.
19/03/14 Times of India
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This is the third fire accident at the airport in a year. A major fire in the backup battery room of the ATC building shut down the airport for two-and-a-half hours in March 2013, while a fire in the new radar building in September delayed plans to commission the secondary radar. It has been a year since the fire inside the ATC building but neither Airports Authority of India nor Directorate General of Civil Aviation has studied and prepared a report about the causes and steps needed to avoid such accidents.
AAI officials say the fire in the ATC building was triggered by a short circuit which set fire to the batteries and do not feel the need to study its cause though it is a sensitive installation used to control movement of flights. DGCA is yet to file its report.
19/03/14 Times of India
