An Airports Authority of India (AAI) official has alleged that air safety rules have been “wilfully violated” at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai.
The official, Deputy General Manager (Aviation Safety) S Mangala, has claimed that no-objection certificates were given to “excessive heights” in a real estate project on land near the airport, infringing on the safety buffer prescribed for aircraft taking off from the main runway.
Stating that the case of the NOCs for construction work on 11 sub-plots dating back to 2011 were investigated by the CBI, Mangala has said in response to a query filed under the Right to Information Act that the GVK-led MIAL has “wilfully violated air safety rules with the full connivance of MOCA/DGCA/AAI officials which shows that there is systemic corruption in the Civil Aviation ministry”.
She adds that the violations of air safety rules and procedures have been “for commercial gains at the cost of endangering the lives of unwary air passengers”.
07/04/15 Indian Express
The official, Deputy General Manager (Aviation Safety) S Mangala, has claimed that no-objection certificates were given to “excessive heights” in a real estate project on land near the airport, infringing on the safety buffer prescribed for aircraft taking off from the main runway.
Stating that the case of the NOCs for construction work on 11 sub-plots dating back to 2011 were investigated by the CBI, Mangala has said in response to a query filed under the Right to Information Act that the GVK-led MIAL has “wilfully violated air safety rules with the full connivance of MOCA/DGCA/AAI officials which shows that there is systemic corruption in the Civil Aviation ministry”.
She adds that the violations of air safety rules and procedures have been “for commercial gains at the cost of endangering the lives of unwary air passengers”.
07/04/15 Indian Express
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