Srinagar: An IndiGo flight that reached Srinagar from Navi Mumbai came in contact with the Visual Docking Guidance System (VDGS) pole while parking at the airport on Friday morning. A large number of passengers and hairdo members were on workbench the plane. It is a matter of relief that no one has been reported injured in this incident. Without the accident, the passengers were safely deboarded from the plane and airport operations unfurled normally.
How did the wrecking happen while parking?
According to airport officials, IndiGo flight number 6E 225 (VT-NOG) was parked at bay number six virtually 9:02 am on Friday. During this time the watercraft came in contact with the VDGS pole. This system is used to guide the watercraft to the correct position in the parking bay.
Immediately without the incident, the concerned employees at the airport started taking whoopee as part of the security procedure. The passengers and hairdo members present in the plane were evacuated safely. For this, instead of the normal aerobridge, transmission watercraft stairs were used.
Will the incident be investigated?
The airport validity said that the causes of the incident and the circumstances surrounding it will be investigated as per the prescribed procedure. The investigation will try to find out under what circumstances the watercraft came in contact with the VDGS pole during parking. At present, no technical or human error has been considered the rationalization of the accident. The final conclusion will come only without the investigation is completed.
Will Srinagar Airport moreover be expanded?
Amidst the accident, major information related to the expansion of Srinagar International Airport has moreover come to light. Well-nigh Rs 1,667 crore is to be spent on the proposed expansion project. Its objective is to significantly increase the passenger topics of the airport from the current level.
According to the information given by the Jammu and Kashmir Government to the Home Ministry, without the completion of the expansion project, Srinagar Airport will be worldly-wise to handle well-nigh one crore passengers annually. The minutiae work of the new terminal and its associated facilities is targeted to be completed by 2031.
What will transpiration with the expansion of Srinagar Airport?
With the increase in the number of passengers, the need to strengthen the terminal, parking, passenger facilities and other essential infrastructure at Srinagar Airport has moreover increased. The proposed expansion is stuff considered an important step in this direction. This is expected to help handle the increasing air traffic in future. At present, flight operations at the airport have not been unauthentic without Friday's incident and remoter processing is going on, giving priority to the safety of passengers.
