New Delhi: Even as air traffic grows at a rapid pace in the country, it
has been found that about one-fifth of missed landings in India, which
force pilots to opt for a ‘go-around’, are “unstabilised”.This has led
to serious concern amongst aviation and airport authorities who have
started organising joint workshops and interactions for pilots and air
traffic control officers (ATCOs) to address the problems encountered by
both in such situations.
An unstabilised approach is a landing approach during which an aircraft does not maintain stability of at least one of the variables speed, descent rate, vertical or lateral flight path and landing configuration. Such approaches generally account for most approach and landing accidents.Missed landings, particularly due to unstabilised approaches, form about 20 per cent of the total go-around incidents, according to Airports Authority of India (AAI) data.
At a recent interaction of pilots and ATCOs organised by AAI here, serious concern was expressed by the authority’s top-brass on the issue. AAI is the sole provider of all air navigation, or ATC, services in the country.
ATCOs from several airports of north India and pilots from airlines like Air India, Jet Airways, IndiGo and GoAir discussed the pros and cons of unstabilised approaches and ‘go -around’ on air traffic control.
Read news in full 30/07/14 Asian Age
An unstabilised approach is a landing approach during which an aircraft does not maintain stability of at least one of the variables speed, descent rate, vertical or lateral flight path and landing configuration. Such approaches generally account for most approach and landing accidents.Missed landings, particularly due to unstabilised approaches, form about 20 per cent of the total go-around incidents, according to Airports Authority of India (AAI) data.
At a recent interaction of pilots and ATCOs organised by AAI here, serious concern was expressed by the authority’s top-brass on the issue. AAI is the sole provider of all air navigation, or ATC, services in the country.
ATCOs from several airports of north India and pilots from airlines like Air India, Jet Airways, IndiGo and GoAir discussed the pros and cons of unstabilised approaches and ‘go -around’ on air traffic control.
Read news in full 30/07/14 Asian Age
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