Fire at under-construction new Air Traffic Control at Madurai airport
July 05, 2024 23:22 ISTThe fire was brought under the control and no causalities were reported. The blaze erupted at the new Air Traffic Control at Madurai airport.
The fire was brought under the control and no causalities were reported. The blaze erupted at the new Air Traffic Control at Madurai airport.
Britain's National Air Traffic Service said that it has “applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety" and engineers are working to resolve the technical issue.
Captain Amit Singh, an aviation expert, blamed poor maintenance work for the incident.
Akhilesh Yadav alleged that his helicopter was stopped at Delhi airport without any reason. He reached Delhi by commercial flight from Lucknow and had to travel by helicopter to attend a joint press conference with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Choudhary on his way to Muzaffarnagar from Delhi.
By the time the controller realised the situation, the Air Asia India flight had reached 38,008 ft while the IndiGo flight was flying at 38,000 ft.
It is essential for commercial pilots to maintain adequate contact with Air-Traffic Control (ATC). However, signals from Chennai ATC have been week for past few weeks and pilots are forced to fly over Bay of Bengal without any contact with the ATC.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday inaugurated C-ATFM in Delhi and said it was an "absolute necessity" to ensure higher standards of safety.
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