Thiruvananthapuram: The flight training of around 300 NCC cadets in the city has remained stalled for more than two years now. Till 2013 the air wing cadets of the 1 Kerala Air Squadron at Pettah, received training in flying basics. That year all the microlight aircraft used for flight training were grounded as per a directive from the Airport Authority of India. The reason was a freak accident involving a microlight aircraft during a training session in North India.
Now, even after the lifting of blanket ban in late 2015, 1 Kerala Air Squadron is awaiting nod of the Airport Authority of India to resume flight training of the cadets. The officers of the NCC unit submitted a request to the Airport Authority in May, but, they are yet to respond.
Senior NCC officers had met chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and education minister C Raveendranath regarding the issue last week. Presently, the sole microlight aircraft owned by NCC lays idle due to the delay in issue of permission.
29/06/16 Times of India
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Now, even after the lifting of blanket ban in late 2015, 1 Kerala Air Squadron is awaiting nod of the Airport Authority of India to resume flight training of the cadets. The officers of the NCC unit submitted a request to the Airport Authority in May, but, they are yet to respond.
Senior NCC officers had met chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and education minister C Raveendranath regarding the issue last week. Presently, the sole microlight aircraft owned by NCC lays idle due to the delay in issue of permission.
29/06/16 Times of India
