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Investigate & publicize Mangalore air crash - petitions indian - 24-MAY-2010
Short, narrow and faulty table-top runway. No flat terrain. Pilot/Pilots' fatigue. Quick turn-around (QTA) flights at night raises pilots' stress and fatigue levels. Compromising safety vs commercial interests. No rest between outbound and inbound journeys for the pilots and the cabin crew. The Karnataka state government wants to establish an airport in every tier-II city across the state. Also a new concept called helitourism is also being introduced even in Madikeri, Kodagu (Western Ghats). The presence of the Chamundi Hills has rendered the present Mysore airport potentially unsafe especially under foggy / rainy conditions for the flights that are likely to go/depart and come/arrive from Bangalore, Chennai etc. There seems to be a veil / cloak of secrecy regarding/surrounding the exact cause of YSR's chopper / helicopter accident. The Airbus 320s or A-320s were grounded for 07 months immediately after the 1990 air crash at the HAL Airport Bangalore by blaming the aircraft and the fly-by-wire technology for the crash. We learnt only after the Mangalore Air crash that it was a pilot error in the case of A-320 crash. |
Mysore airport delay - any update? silkboard - 27-MAR-2009
As per a TOI report in January, NBCC (National Buildings Construction Corporation) which was scheduled to complete the civil works and hand them over to AAI by January end had asked for an extension, and Mysore MP C H Vijayashankar had asked NBCC to get done with work by February-end and latest by mid-March. By work, he had meant ATC and terminal building. |
Incompetent AAI is at it once again bayern - 26-JAN-2009
Original author:CAPT. A. RANGANATHAN AND ANANTH KRISHNAN |
kbsyed61 - 10-JAN-2009
One of our Praja community member had filed couple of RTI's with AAI requesting below listed information: |
BIAL RTI - MOU between AAI & KSIIDC and Land Lease Agreement Rithesh - 16-DEC-2008In response to the RTI applications filled with KSIIDC, there was a meeting between Mr Nagaraj, DGM, KSIIDC and a couple of Praja members. The meeting was a very cordial one and Mr Nagesh apart from giving us the requested documents also shared with us his views on the development of BIAL. |
Air Traffic Numbers from AAI for HAL Airport! (HAL Traffic - RTI.gif) kbsyed61 - 3-NOV-2008This image was uploaded with the post Air Traffic Numbers from AAI for HAL Airport! . |
Air Traffic Numbers from AAI for HAL Airport! kbsyed61 - 2-NOV-2008
Below given are the official numbers for Air Traffic at HAL prior to BIAL opening in May, 2008. These numbers were provided officially by AAI in response to one of the early RTI applications filed in May, 2008. |
Parliamentary committee recommends UDF witdrawal, reopening HAL Devesh - 24-OCT-2008
In what is sure to be a shock, to both the BIAL and HIAL consortia, the Deccan Chronicle reports, the parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture, on Thursday October 23, recommended immediate withdrawal of user development fees (UDF) being charged by Hyderabad and Bengaluru airports. |
BIAL Mess - Is cat out of the bag? kbsyed61 - 25-SEP-2008
There is an interesting news in Deccan Chronicle about the BIAL mess. According to this report, the reluctance on part of the private partners to infuse additional Rs. 200 crores, led to the inadequate facilities at BIA. Courtesy - Deccan Chronicle |
AAI messed up the runway at BIA mcadambi - 5-SEP-2008
Our dear AAI (Airports Authority of India) has messed up the landing facilities at BIA and HIA: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/09/03/stories/2008090351240900.htm |