New Delhi: Air India passengers could have been the only ones to fly out of Delhi in airline's Dreamliners even as others faced flight delays owing to dense fog. But the AI's failure to get regulatory nod for a lower low visibility take- off (LVTO) minima meant that the Boeing 787 too remained stuck on ground at IGI Airport despite being the only one in India to have a unique head-up display (HUD).
HUD is a drop-down glass apparatus, which gives pilot information about the aircraft's primary instruments and vital readings at their eye level. Without taking their eye off the windscreen, they have the entire control and readings at their fingertips, allowing them to take off when visibility is as low as 75 metre. Currently, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) allows planes to take off under LVTO only when the visibility is at least 125 metre.
"We have been asking the DGCA repeatedly to lower the take off minima for our Dreamliners. But this clearance has not been given despite the fact that our Boeing 787s are the only aircraft in India to have HUD," an AI official said.
04/01/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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HUD is a drop-down glass apparatus, which gives pilot information about the aircraft's primary instruments and vital readings at their eye level. Without taking their eye off the windscreen, they have the entire control and readings at their fingertips, allowing them to take off when visibility is as low as 75 metre. Currently, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) allows planes to take off under LVTO only when the visibility is at least 125 metre.
"We have been asking the DGCA repeatedly to lower the take off minima for our Dreamliners. But this clearance has not been given despite the fact that our Boeing 787s are the only aircraft in India to have HUD," an AI official said.
04/01/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
