Chennai: With no specific implementation date and technical details prescribed by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), aviation experts and even airline operators are unsure when the regulations related to real-time tracking of planes from departure to arrival, would be put into practice in India.
In the aftermath of MH370 incident, aviation organisations across the world have advocated online tracking of planes. Even in India, the DGCA has instructed all operators of commercial flights to use suitable means to track all their aircraft engaged in the carriage of passengers/cargo from departure to arrival, to ensure real-time tracking.
As per civil aviation requirements (CAR), the operator must ensure real-time flight tracking using the automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) if the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS), a digital data-link used for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations, is not available.
Aviation expert, Capt. A. Ranganathan, said the main problem with DGCA is that they come out with several ideas but lack in actual implementation. “For strict compliance, the DGCA should have used the right words in the CAR. But they always leave a loophole for the airlines,” he added.
19/05/14 Asian Age
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In the aftermath of MH370 incident, aviation organisations across the world have advocated online tracking of planes. Even in India, the DGCA has instructed all operators of commercial flights to use suitable means to track all their aircraft engaged in the carriage of passengers/cargo from departure to arrival, to ensure real-time tracking.
As per civil aviation requirements (CAR), the operator must ensure real-time flight tracking using the automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) if the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS), a digital data-link used for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations, is not available.
Aviation expert, Capt. A. Ranganathan, said the main problem with DGCA is that they come out with several ideas but lack in actual implementation. “For strict compliance, the DGCA should have used the right words in the CAR. But they always leave a loophole for the airlines,” he added.
19/05/14 Asian Age
