New Delhi: As the capital sees the first sign of winter, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has redoubled its efforts to get a parallel set of equipment to improve the runway visual range (RVR) in dense fog. The request has acquired immediacy with haze and fog appearing over IGI airport.
According to sources, DIAL officials have in the past few months approached various wings of the aviation ministry to speed up the procurement of a secondary support system, which can be used in case the fog-safety devices break down.
The RVR is a visibility indicator and the devices are installed mostly at three points on the runway-touchdown or the beginning, middle, and rollout, the point of takeoff. The RVR readings indicate the visibility on different points to help pilots navigate the aircraft using CAT II and CAT III systems for visibility during dense fog.
Read news in full 18/10/13 Suhas Munshi/Times of India
Sunday 20 October 2013
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