January 3, 2015, was a particularly misty day in Chennai. A thick blanket of fog had enveloped the city disrupting air traffic.
Pilots of flights coming in from Mumbai took a while to realise that visibility was less than 100m. By then, it was too late for traffic control to relay the news to airlines in Mumbai about the dense fog.
Flights that could have been delayed till the problem was solved took off and were unaware of the ideal route to take to Chennai in such a situation.This plunged the airlines operation department and traffic control into chaos. Such situations, which are common place, may be soon a thing of the past. Airports Authority of India (AAI) will launch a project to streamline air traffic flow to the six busiest airports in the country.
Read news in full 01/06/15 V Ayyappan/Times of India
Pilots of flights coming in from Mumbai took a while to realise that visibility was less than 100m. By then, it was too late for traffic control to relay the news to airlines in Mumbai about the dense fog.
Flights that could have been delayed till the problem was solved took off and were unaware of the ideal route to take to Chennai in such a situation.This plunged the airlines operation department and traffic control into chaos. Such situations, which are common place, may be soon a thing of the past. Airports Authority of India (AAI) will launch a project to streamline air traffic flow to the six busiest airports in the country.
Read news in full 01/06/15 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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