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Authorities are examining ways to strengthen air traffic control (ATC) systems after the technical snag at Delhi airport earlier this month disrupted operations and delayed more than 800 flights. Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the incident has prompted a wider review of processes and technology at India’s busiest airport.Speaking on the sidelines of…
Representative image (AI) NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has made it mandatory for pilots and air traffic controllers to report GPS spoofing within 10 minutes of encountering the same. Issuing a new “reporting protocol” after the Delhi Airport has started witnessing this phenomenon for the first time in recent weeks, the…
Representative image (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Air Traffic Safety Electronic Personnel Association (ATSEPA)-India has urged aviation authorities to undertake “immediate Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) modernisation across major airports, with priority funding” and that Airports Authority of India (AAI) be directed to “incorporate CNS engineers’ recommendations while procuring or upgrading operational systems.” The…
NEW DELHI: Operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport have returned to normal, the airport authority said on Saturday, a day after a technical glitch in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) flight planning process caused widespread delays across more than 800 flights. In an advisory issued at 11:55 hours, IGI Airport confirmed that all…
NEW DELIH: Delhi airport on Saturday said that the operations are returning back to normal a day after a glitch in Air Traffic Control flight planning process caused over 300 flight delays.While issuing a advisory, Indira Gandhi International Airport asked the passengers to stay in touch with their airlines for the latest flight update.“The technical…
NEW DELHI: Flights are facing serious delays at Delhi Airport since Thursday evening due to a software issue in the air traffic control (ATC). Sources say the “Aeronautical Message Switching System” (AMSS) has been facing an issue that has slowed down flight movement, and delays got “stacked up” by Friday morning.Departures have been delayed by…
