A year after Air India flight crash, Kozhikode Airport to improve safety standards, check details

The state-run provider flight had a complete of 184 passengers together with the six cabin crew members.

A yr after the lethal Air India flight conflict on the airport, the Kozhikode Worldwide Airport is mulling to implement improved security measures on the airport. In a lethal flight crash on the airport on August 7 final yr, an Air India flight coming from Dubai had overran the runway and crashed on the time of touchdown. The deadly incident had taken the lifetime of 21 passengers. Based on a report by information web site Manorama, the ultimate investigation report on the reason for the accident has been submitted by the Plane Accident Investigation Workforce (AAIT) final week. Chatting with Manoram Kozhikode Worldwide Airport Director R Mahalingam mentioned that obligatory motion will likely be taken to enhance the security measures on the airport after learning the suggestions of the investigation report.

Mahalingam additionally mentioned that the suggestions on airport security will likely be instantly applied by the authorities. As per Manorama, the 257-page investigation report pinned the key blame on the pilot of the plane for the accident by noting that the pilot didn’t adjust to the usual working process (SOP). The report additionally added that the function of systematic failures as extra contributory elements also can not be missed.

The Kozhikode certain flight coming from Dubai had landed on the airport however the runway fell quick for the flight because it fell into the pit resulting in the dying of 21 passengers and injuring many. The state-run provider flight had a complete of 184 passengers together with the six cabin crew members.

What security measures has the investigation report highlighted?
The report has notably highlighted the defective wind sensor and held that the sensor supplied improper details about the tail wind to the pilot. The report has indicted the airport authorities for establishing the wind sensor at a improper location and at a disparate peak from the runway which contributed to giving improper data to the pilot. For the reason that final yr’s flight crash, the airport has briefly closed the operations for the larger airplanes on the airport which are more likely to encounter comparable issues on the airport. Choice in regards to the operations of the larger flights will likely be taken by the Directorate of Civil Aviation, Mahalingam mentioned.