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| Hearing reveals huge safety lapsesn |
| Mangalore crash: Hearing reveals huge safety lapsesni
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| INDIA
, 18-August-2010
4:43:59 AM |
| Early on May 22, an Air India flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed; 158 people were killed. The pilot had overshot the runway at Mangalore. Now emerging - a huge point of concern - that the Air Traffic Control tower got to work just two minutes before the pilot touched down.
He had approached Mangalore half an hour early. At 6 am, the Air Traffic Control tower got to work and switched on its systems. The flight from Dubai, IX812, was not expected till 6.30. But this flight routinely comes in early because of high tailwinds in the Dubai-Mangalore sector. At 6.02 am, the flight landed. At 6.03 am, it crashed into a valley.
So did the Air Traffic Control have enough time to prepare for the landing? That's a major point of debate a public hearing that has just begun in Mangalore. The court of enquiry has been set up at the request of the government; its report will be used by the Civil Aviation Ministry to improve flight safety.
The court of enquiry is headed by Retired Air Marshall BN Gokhale. ''Apart from the truth, the only thing we want is that there is no blameworthiness attached to it. There will be shortcomings in the system, but it will be important to find them to ensure they are plugged," he said.
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/mangalore-crash-hearing-reveals-huge-safety-lapsesni-45348?cp
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