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Karipur Air India Express Crash.’Runway 10 In Karipur Is Not Safe’

Karipur Air India Express Crash. The ‘Runway 10 in Karipur is not safe’; Ignored warning. In 2019, the DGCA also issued a warning. Years ago, experts had pointed out that the Karipur airport was unsafe and should not be allowed to land during monsoons.

Capt. Mohan Ranganathan, a member of the Security Advisory Committee appointed by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation, issued the warning for nine years. The accident on Friday proves that none of the warnings issued after the Mangalore plane crash were heeded.

“My warning given after the Mangalore plane crash was ignored. The buffer zone at the end of the tabletop runway in Karipur is not adequate ” – The leading media reports quoting Captain Mohan Ranganath. More than 240 m of space is required at the end of the runway. But here it is only 90 meters. More than 100 meters of space is required on both sides of the runway. But in Karipur, it is only 75 meters, ”he said.

There are no specific guidelines for landing on a tabletop runway during the rainy season. On June 17, 2011, he wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Ministry of Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Committee, the Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the DGCA. ” Runway 10 should not be allowed because there is not enough safety area. The additional security area should be 240 meters. The length of the runway should be adjusted to ensure safety, ”said Captain Mohan Ranganathan.

If the aircraft cannot stop within the runway, there is not enough safety area at the end. The slope is after the concrete part where the ILS localizer antenna is installed. “The Airport Authority has not taken any steps to ensure the safety of the runways following the accident of the Air India Express flight at Mangalore,” the letter said.

In 2019, the DGCA also issued a warning

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in July audited all airports in India, including Karipur, to review security standards. Their discovery came as a shock to the civil aviation industry. They issued a show-cause notice, sharply criticizing the Airport Authority for those findings. References in that notice read.

“There are excessive rubber deposits on the runway, which can lead to extremely dangerous conditions for aircraft landings during heavy rainy nights.” The concern was that the friction between the surface of the rubber runway and the aircraft’s landing gear would be reduced. In addition to the excess rubber on the runway, the presence of excess water and cracks in the C / L markings are also obvious errors in auditing.

The main reason for conducting the security audit was the ‘tail strike’ that occurred during the landing of the Air India Express flight that landed from Dammam on July 2, 2019. The term tail strike means that the tail of the aircraft crashes to the ground during landing. At that time, Air India suspended two pilots. The runway at the DGCA Airport was then audited on July 4,5, 2019.

At that time, the DGCA also found cracks in the C and L markings in the touchdown area where the plane crashed on runway number 10. There will be markings like Right (R), Left (L), and Center (C). If there is a crack in them it will adversely affect the landing. It needs to be fixed immediately. They were not fixed during the DGCA audit. The audit also found that the ground level of the landing areas of the aircraft was excessively inclined in many places and that it should be rectified as soon as possible.

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