New Delhi: Indian civil authorities have ordered rerouting of Europe and US-bound flights to avoid Ukrainian airspace where a missile brought down a Malaysian Airlines flight.
"We have issued orders that all flights will avoid Ukraine airspace. The safety of the passengers is paramount," said Air India Chairman Rohit Nandan in a text message. This was followed up by statements by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Besides confirming fresh instructions about avoiding eastern Ukraine, the Ministry denied reports from airline tracking website Flightradar24 that showed other commercial aircraft including an Air India flight was 24 kms away when the Malaysian airline crashed over Ukrainian airspace.
Indian civil authorities had issued instructions shortly after Eurocontrol, the European flight safety body closed the airspace in Eastern Ukraine to all airline flights. As a result, Prime Minister Narender Modi’s special flight and hundreds of other flights were diverted from the flight path over which the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down.
18/07/14 Sandeep Dikshit/The Hindu
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"We have issued orders that all flights will avoid Ukraine airspace. The safety of the passengers is paramount," said Air India Chairman Rohit Nandan in a text message. This was followed up by statements by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Besides confirming fresh instructions about avoiding eastern Ukraine, the Ministry denied reports from airline tracking website Flightradar24 that showed other commercial aircraft including an Air India flight was 24 kms away when the Malaysian airline crashed over Ukrainian airspace.
Indian civil authorities had issued instructions shortly after Eurocontrol, the European flight safety body closed the airspace in Eastern Ukraine to all airline flights. As a result, Prime Minister Narender Modi’s special flight and hundreds of other flights were diverted from the flight path over which the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down.
18/07/14 Sandeep Dikshit/The Hindu
