Chennai: A big disaster awaits the city thanks to the operations at the secondary runway of Chennai airport, says Mohan Ranganathan, aviation expert, in a letter to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
Capt. Ranganathan says the Kancheepuram collector has commenced land acquisition in Kolappakkam to enable the Airports Authority of India to install the instrument landing system (ILS) for the extended portion of the secondary runway, and also remove a few obstacles in the approach path.
But AAI ‘cannot install ILS at the northern end of the runway for which land is being acquired’, says Capt. Ranganathan in his letters.
If an aircraft overruns the runway, either during landing or taking off, the possibility of one of the biggest air disasters in the city cannot be ruled out, he says.
The aircraft may also run onto the Metro Rail line carrying several hundred passengers, and come in contact with 25,000V cables in the roof of the Metro Rail tunnel.
19/07/14 P. Oppili/Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
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Capt. Ranganathan says the Kancheepuram collector has commenced land acquisition in Kolappakkam to enable the Airports Authority of India to install the instrument landing system (ILS) for the extended portion of the secondary runway, and also remove a few obstacles in the approach path.
But AAI ‘cannot install ILS at the northern end of the runway for which land is being acquired’, says Capt. Ranganathan in his letters.
If an aircraft overruns the runway, either during landing or taking off, the possibility of one of the biggest air disasters in the city cannot be ruled out, he says.
The aircraft may also run onto the Metro Rail line carrying several hundred passengers, and come in contact with 25,000V cables in the roof of the Metro Rail tunnel.
19/07/14 P. Oppili/Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
