Mangaluru Airport: Superb-tunes security ops

After 158 individuals have been killed when an Air India Specific flight from Dubai crash-landed in Mangaluru airport on Might 22, 2010, the authories have been jolted into imposing a number of measures to enhance the security of plane operations.

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The airport has two runways, that are designated as runway 24/06 and runway 27/09, respectively.

Just lately, work started on the set up of a precision strategy lighting (class 1) system on the airport. Prone to be prepared in 20 months, this technique will provide pilots higher visibility of runway 24/06 and steering for his or her touchdown strategy. Will probably be put in 900 m from the brink of the runway.

The precision strategy lights will likely be mounted on about 18 lattice buildings.

To enhance the visibility of the runway, the airport has additionally put in centre-line lights. These inset lights will complement the present runway edge lights and runway threshold lights.

A media assertion from airport authorities stated work on the centre-line lights has been accomplished and they are going to be commissioned after a go-ahead from the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation.

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Based mostly on the compliance norms laid down by the aviation security regulator, Mangaluru airport had re-carpeted runway 24/06 on Might 28, 2023. The re-carpeting includes a versatile overlay of asphalt on the inflexible runway.

Welcoming the security measures undertaken at Mangaluru airport, Ananthesh Prabhu, president of trade physique KCCI, says the civil aviation ministry needs to guarantee travellers that, regardless of the previous incidents of crash-landing, the table-top airports at Mangaluru and Kozhikode are secure. 

There are different airports on this planet which can be extra harmful than table-top airports, he argues.

Vathika Pai, Head (Operations), Nirmala Travels, says the security measures launched by the airport will assist entice each new and returning passengers.

The adherence to worldwide security requirements and rules boosts the airport’s picture and stakeholders’ belief, and, in flip, will show useful in attracting extra worldwide airways and passengers, she provides.