An officers' association has written to Airports Authority of India
(AAI) top bosses over the poor functioning of radars at many airports in
the country, highlighting the risk this poses to people's safety.
Radars are important tools of aircraft navigation system and any failure or error on their part at any busy airport can have a cascading effect the world over.
Falling of radar antenna at Delhi airport just by a moderate wind of less than 50 knots on June 13 prompted the association to write to AAI.
The association, identifying itself as Airport Authority Officer's Association (AAOA), said officials at Delhi airport had brought the incident to the notice of radar manufacturer ELDIS, about the malfunctioning of antenna in hardware as well as software. "At a point of time, it (the radar) stopped rotating but the machine (erroneously) logged its rotation. As a result, on display, it appeared normal," said YP Gautam, AAOA general secretary. ELDIS officials were unavailable for comment. Also, GS Bawa, AAI spokesperson, did not respond to dna's calls.
Read news in full 20/06/14 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
Radars are important tools of aircraft navigation system and any failure or error on their part at any busy airport can have a cascading effect the world over.
Falling of radar antenna at Delhi airport just by a moderate wind of less than 50 knots on June 13 prompted the association to write to AAI.
The association, identifying itself as Airport Authority Officer's Association (AAOA), said officials at Delhi airport had brought the incident to the notice of radar manufacturer ELDIS, about the malfunctioning of antenna in hardware as well as software. "At a point of time, it (the radar) stopped rotating but the machine (erroneously) logged its rotation. As a result, on display, it appeared normal," said YP Gautam, AAOA general secretary. ELDIS officials were unavailable for comment. Also, GS Bawa, AAI spokesperson, did not respond to dna's calls.
Read news in full 20/06/14 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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