With the investigation into the missing radio frequency at the new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower at Mumbai airport leading nowhere, the authorities have recently asked all the airlines to not use the ATC radio frequency to check an aircraft.
"A meeting of all stakeholders, including the airlines was held, and it was communicated to them to not use the ATC tower frequencies for testing of an aircraft," said an airport source.
The mysterious incident happened late in December last year, when the radio frequency at which the ATC tower communicates with the pilots in a plane remained affected for an entire day due to some "external" factor. The ATC officials immediately shifted to a back-up frequency, which prevented any communication problem. The incident, however, would have taken a more serious turn had the back-up radio frequencies malfunctioned at the time.
06/03/16 Shahkar Abidi/dna
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"A meeting of all stakeholders, including the airlines was held, and it was communicated to them to not use the ATC tower frequencies for testing of an aircraft," said an airport source.
The mysterious incident happened late in December last year, when the radio frequency at which the ATC tower communicates with the pilots in a plane remained affected for an entire day due to some "external" factor. The ATC officials immediately shifted to a back-up frequency, which prevented any communication problem. The incident, however, would have taken a more serious turn had the back-up radio frequencies malfunctioned at the time.
06/03/16 Shahkar Abidi/dna
