Nod for operation of wide-bodied aircraft at Calicut may take time
The Hindu
Panel likely to submit report on status of safety measures next month
A decision to resume the operation of wide-bodied aircraft at the Calicut International Airport is likely to be taken only after a high-level panel of the Ministry of Civil Aviation submits its report on the corrective measures adopted based on the recommendations of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) which probed the Air India Express crash last August.
The panel, headed by Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal, was set up in September to look into the status of the recommendations of the AAIB, which had submitted its report. Discussions on the corrective measures are going on and the panel will submit its report next month, sources said.
The operation of wide-bodied aircraft was suspended after the Boeing 737-800 flight skidded off the tabletop runway and plunged into a gorge on August 7 last year. The accident claimed the lives of 21 persons including the pilots and seriously injured 78 others.
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