Mangalore: Mangalore International Airport (MIA) is all set to meet a recommendation of court of inquiry (CoI) in to Mangalore Air Crash - need for a new high air traffic control (ATC). With the new 25-metre high ATC ready and presently functioning in shadow mode, Airports Authority of India that manages MIA is now awaiting statutory clearances from the regulator - Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) before commissioning it.
The new ATC will enable air traffic controllers assist pilots in landing and take off operations besides keeping a hawk's eye on the runway, roads running along its periphery as well as control the crucial runway lighting facilities. Noting that DGCA nod to commission ATC is expected latest by this month end, MIA director J T Radhakrishna told TOI that AAI hitherto operated ATC services from a makeshift security tower for the past six years.
16/07/14 Jaideep Shenoy/Times of India
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The new ATC will enable air traffic controllers assist pilots in landing and take off operations besides keeping a hawk's eye on the runway, roads running along its periphery as well as control the crucial runway lighting facilities. Noting that DGCA nod to commission ATC is expected latest by this month end, MIA director J T Radhakrishna told TOI that AAI hitherto operated ATC services from a makeshift security tower for the past six years.
16/07/14 Jaideep Shenoy/Times of India
