Mumbai: The incidents of miscreants from the slum pockets surrounding the airport flashing long-range strobe lights at landing aircraft are giving airport authorities sleepless nights. Sources from the airport — domestic and international — claim at least one such incident is being reported on a monthly-basis for the last one year.
The latest occurred on Wednesday around 8.20 pm after the pilot of the IndiGo flight 6E483 (Chandigarh-Chennai via Mumbai) reported to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower about a strobe light being flashed at the aircraft that was three miles from the runway and descending to land.
As per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the ATC informed the MIAL security officers about the incident. Later, the security officers informed the Saki Naka police station. A MIAL official said, “As the safety of the aircraft was involved, the pilot notified that he was facing issues while landing. The local police was immediately intimated so that the culprits could be held at the earliest.”
16/10/15 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
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The latest occurred on Wednesday around 8.20 pm after the pilot of the IndiGo flight 6E483 (Chandigarh-Chennai via Mumbai) reported to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower about a strobe light being flashed at the aircraft that was three miles from the runway and descending to land.
As per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the ATC informed the MIAL security officers about the incident. Later, the security officers informed the Saki Naka police station. A MIAL official said, “As the safety of the aircraft was involved, the pilot notified that he was facing issues while landing. The local police was immediately intimated so that the culprits could be held at the earliest.”
16/10/15 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
