Mumbai: Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is in the process of validating the installation of the latest state-of-the-art radar at city airport. The radar will help in enhancing passengers' safety and provide better efficiency in air services, airport officials said.
Airport insiders said the most important feature of the radar is its ability to make a particular aircraft visible on accurate real time to the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) as well as to any nearby aircraft. Vital information such as velocity, altitude, weight and number of passengers will be transmitted every second from the aircraft to the ATC and other aircraft. This feature is called Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast.
At present, the ATC and pilots depend on the primary surveillance radar (PSR) and secondary surveillance radar (SSR). While PSR determines an aircraf's specifications by calculating the time required for it to receive the wave or the reflected beam, SSR depends on the pilot’s reply from the aircraft. However, at times, both fail to deliver, insiders revealed.
31/03/14 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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Airport insiders said the most important feature of the radar is its ability to make a particular aircraft visible on accurate real time to the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) as well as to any nearby aircraft. Vital information such as velocity, altitude, weight and number of passengers will be transmitted every second from the aircraft to the ATC and other aircraft. This feature is called Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast.
At present, the ATC and pilots depend on the primary surveillance radar (PSR) and secondary surveillance radar (SSR). While PSR determines an aircraf's specifications by calculating the time required for it to receive the wave or the reflected beam, SSR depends on the pilot’s reply from the aircraft. However, at times, both fail to deliver, insiders revealed.
31/03/14 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
