Monday, September 16, 2019

Poor visibility disrupts flight movement at Bhopal airport

Bhopal: Poor visibility due to rain disrupted flight operations at the Raja Bhoj Airport on Sunday morning giving passengers a tough time. The poor weather affected arrival as well as departures of all airlines operating at Bhopal airport, delaying most of the flights.
The worst affected were the flights in the morning hours. Poor visibility made landing difficult. IndiGo Delhi-Bhopal flight 6E-2035, scheduled to arrive at 8 am, had to be diverted back to Delhi after the pilot could not land the aircraft.

IndiGo Mumbai-Bhopal flight 6E-5301 had to be diverted after it could not land. The flight was diverted to Indore. Haj flight was also affected due to the poor visibility at the airport. Air India flight 5461 had to be diverted to Nagpur. Later, all flights reached Bhopal airport after a delay of 2 to 3 hours.

The disruption of flights due to poor visibility has brought to fore the need for higher version of Instrument Landing System (ILS). Passengers who faced the delays also raised the demand for technological upgrade at the airport.

The Raja Bhoj airport is equipped with ILS CAT 1 facility. It is a basic system of precision instrument for approach and landing with a decision height not lower than 60m (200ft) and with either a visibility not less than 800m or a runway visual range not less than 550m.

In simple terms, it provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, using a combination of radio signals to enable a safe landing during instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), such as low ceilings or reduced visibility due to fog or rain.
16/09/19 Times of India

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