Mangalore: The Mangalore International Airport which came under flak for being unsafe after an aircraft crashed while landing in 2010, killing 158 people, will now be commissioned with an advanced and modern air traffic control (ATC) tower.
According to airport director J. T. Radhakrishna, "The new ATC which offers a 360 degree view of the entire old and new runways section, approaches to the runways and parking ways, has come into being and is awaiting the permission of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGTCA) for its commissioning. The trial run has already begun."
The work had begun in April 2012 after a court of inquiry by Air Marshal (retd) B. N. Gokhale, which probed the crash, recommended the construction of a new ATC tower for a better view of the airport.
Until the new ATC facility is commissioned, it will act as a shadow unit for the existing ATC. The new ATC, standing at a height of 24 metres, would scan the air traffic up to 60 nautical miles from the airport for the flights landing at the airport and taking off from it.
24/06/14 Aftab H Kola/Times of Oman
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According to airport director J. T. Radhakrishna, "The new ATC which offers a 360 degree view of the entire old and new runways section, approaches to the runways and parking ways, has come into being and is awaiting the permission of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGTCA) for its commissioning. The trial run has already begun."
The work had begun in April 2012 after a court of inquiry by Air Marshal (retd) B. N. Gokhale, which probed the crash, recommended the construction of a new ATC tower for a better view of the airport.
Until the new ATC facility is commissioned, it will act as a shadow unit for the existing ATC. The new ATC, standing at a height of 24 metres, would scan the air traffic up to 60 nautical miles from the airport for the flights landing at the airport and taking off from it.
24/06/14 Aftab H Kola/Times of Oman
