CHENNAI: Metro rail's elevated line from Alandur to Officers Training t Thomas Academy and St Thomas Mount has proven to be a potentially deadly threat to pilots flying into Chennai. The stretch, which lies on the approach path to the Guindyend of the main runway of the city's international airport, will especially turn out to be an impediment when visibility is low, say experts.
Therefore, to prevent any untoward incident, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) officials to provide a canopy bearing red and white chequered pattern over the elevated tracks to ensure that pilots can clearly see the viaduct while coming in to land. A senior metro rail official said, "We have started to install canopy over the line; it is ready at the Alandur station."
As per the guidelines issued by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), red and white chequered pattern should be painted on any obstacle near airport or runway or on a flight path. It should also have warning lights. The canopy is also expected to minimise interference to signals transmitted from instruments that guide aircraft to land and home in on the runway. A circle 20 miles around the airport is a safety buffer zone where tall buildings and garbage dumps are not allowed.
03/11/15 V Ayyappan/The Times Of India
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Therefore, to prevent any untoward incident, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) officials to provide a canopy bearing red and white chequered pattern over the elevated tracks to ensure that pilots can clearly see the viaduct while coming in to land. A senior metro rail official said, "We have started to install canopy over the line; it is ready at the Alandur station."
As per the guidelines issued by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), red and white chequered pattern should be painted on any obstacle near airport or runway or on a flight path. It should also have warning lights. The canopy is also expected to minimise interference to signals transmitted from instruments that guide aircraft to land and home in on the runway. A circle 20 miles around the airport is a safety buffer zone where tall buildings and garbage dumps are not allowed.
03/11/15 V Ayyappan/The Times Of India
