The Mangalore
International Airport is quite safe and complete. People of the region should
act as its ambassadors and help in furthering airport’s growth, said outgoing
Director of the Airport M.R. Vasudeva, who retired from service on Wednesday.
Speaking at a send off
function organised by Airport Authority of India, Mr. Vasudeva said Mangalore
Airport was complete in all sense and had the best facilities. “The recent landing of the
critical flight namely the Air Bus 310 (during the Haj Yatra) showed that the
runway is capable of withstanding flight weighing 1.5 lakh kg,” he said. People need to remove
apprehensions about the airport and feel free to make use of it, he added.
Mr. Vasudeva said the
2010 air crash had nothing to do either with the table-top runway or the
airport system. But a lot appeared on television and newspapers that caused
damage to the growth of the airport. He said the airport had the best
navigational and communication facilities. The Mangalore Airport Fire Station had
been winning the best fire station award for the last 10 years. The electric
engineering division of the airport had provided beautiful approach lights on
both sides of the runway.
Incidents such as
beehive at the tail of an aircraft and wild buffalo running across the runway
were among the routine ones seen in an airport. Such incidents should not be
highlighted in a way that create a negative impression about the airport. “This
is your airport. The progress or the downfall of it depends on you all.”
Mr. Vasudeva said the
work he did at the Mangalore Airport was because of experience and support he
gathered during his long service different airports of Airport Authority of India.
Regional Executive Director D. Devaraj,
former Mangalore Urban Development Authority Chairman K. Thejomaya and art critic
Prabhakar Joshi spoke.
Dharmadhikari of
Srikshetra Dharmastala Veerendra Heggade felicitated Mr. Vasudeva and his wife
Nagaratna Vasudeva on the occasion.
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