Tabletop Runway Airports In India
The air india express flight crash on friday brings back the memories of the 2010 air crash that too occurred after the plane overshot the runway at the table top airport in mangalore.
Tabletop runway airports in india. Tabletop runways are there at some airports both in north and south india he added. Tabletop runways are there at some airports both in north and south india he added. According to the official pilots are generally told about such runways and various restrictions.
Situated on top of a hill it has steep drops at the end of its runways known as table top runways. The configuration of mangalore airport has been cited as a factor in the air india express flight 812 crash on 22 may 2010. The airport has a tabletop runway.
The air india express plane crash which left 18 dead and over a 100 injured happened when the plane was landing but overshot the tabletop runway at kozhikode. The need for a ground arresting. In the court of inquiry report about the plane crash at mangalore airport in may 2010 it was mentioned that there were three tabletop airports in the country.
According to the official pilots are generally told about such runways and various restrictions. Airports authority of india aai chairman arvind singh on saturday august 8 2020 said that corrective action will be taken after receiving the probe report on the air india express plane crash at kozhikode airport on friday night. Calicut is one of the three tabletop airports in india runways hinder rescue operations this is the second incident where a tabletop runway has been involved in an airplane crash.
The mangalore international airport is located around 10 km away from the main city in bajpe. There are five tabletop runways in. To the airports authority of india it pointed out issues like avoidance of the downward slope in the overshoot area particularly on tabletop runways.
Tabletop runways are there at some airports both in north and south india he added. Kozhikode airport in kerala comes under the airports authority of india aai.