Chennai: Chennai airport’s boundary wall has been damaged at 17 locations after water from Adyar river gushed into the airfield last week and forced a shutdown of operations.
Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathy Raju who inspected the airport on Monday morning said, “For now, fencing has been done in those 17 spots to at least prevent the entry of animals into the runway.” After water entered the runway, he said, radars and navigational aids in the airport were affected. A total of 1,741 flight services were affected when the airport was closed from December 1 to 5; also 22 aircraft and 1,500 passengers were stranded at the airport. “There are lessons we ought to learn. Anyway, we are looking to see if the height of the radar can be elevated; communication was completely affected in these floods and if communication breaks down, various things get affected,” he added.
08/12/15 Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
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Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathy Raju who inspected the airport on Monday morning said, “For now, fencing has been done in those 17 spots to at least prevent the entry of animals into the runway.” After water entered the runway, he said, radars and navigational aids in the airport were affected. A total of 1,741 flight services were affected when the airport was closed from December 1 to 5; also 22 aircraft and 1,500 passengers were stranded at the airport. “There are lessons we ought to learn. Anyway, we are looking to see if the height of the radar can be elevated; communication was completely affected in these floods and if communication breaks down, various things get affected,” he added.
08/12/15 Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
