Chennai airport operations pose threat to passengers
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After a near-miss last week, senior aviation and navigation experts said Chennai airport operations were posing a major threat to passenger safety. The experts highlighted the fact that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) does not consult the ATC or the pilots while making any changes to flight navigation as a major cause for concern. They also point out that AAI has ignored the need for rapid exit taxiways in the airport expansion project in Chennai.
The Times of India reported V Krishnan, Senior Advisor of DGCA, as saying that last week’s near accident, which occurred due to the closure of the taxiway, was neither the mistake of the landed aircraft nor the ATC officials. “Rejecting the take-off of Jet Airways and decision to ‘go around’ by the Air India pilot were timely decisions coordinated by the ATC. Neither the ATC nor the aircraft could be blamed. Rather they averted a major accident,” said Krishnan.
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