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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) successful its last probe study probing runway borderline lights harm incidental astatine the Chennai International Airport successful February 2025 has concluded that the aviator successful bid of the Star Air formation to Bengaluru deviated from the pb enactment connected the taxiway (TWY K), aligned the craft connected the runway 07 borderline enactment and initiated the takeoff rotation thereby damaging 7 runway borderline lights.
On February 25, 2025, a Star Air formation (SDG 8216) operating from Chennai to Bengaluru, with 34 passengers and six unit members, took disconnected from the Chennai International Airport astatine 4.53 p.m. and landed astatine the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) astatine 5.33 p.m.
All persons connected committee the formation were harmless and determination was nary occurrence reported.
At 7.41 p.m., a information jeep, portion carrying retired a regular runway inspection astatine Chennai Airport, reported that 7 runway borderline lights were recovered breached connected the close broadside of RWY 07.
According to DGCA, during this clip (between 4.53 p.m. and 7.41 p.m.), determination were a full of 45 craft movements (including arrivals/departures) and nary of these aircrafts reported immoderate abnormalities successful the airfield oregon to their aircraft.
“After elaborate examination, it was observed that SDG 8216, portion lining up from TWY K, aligned to the utmost close broadside of RWY 07 and took off,” the DGCA study stated.
It further added that accusation connected this was communicated to the craft relation the adjacent time to cheque for immoderate harm and the relation informed that nary abnormalities were observed. However, by that time, the craft had already flown to 3 sectors.
“After the completion of each the planned sectors (six) of the day, the craft was subjected to layover inspection astatine Bengaluru. During the inspection, nary abnormalities were reported connected some the main landing cogwheel and chemoreceptor landing gear. Post inspection, the craft was released for further flight,” it added.
The regulator concluded the probable origin for the incidental was that the aviator successful bid deviated from the pb enactment connected TWY K and aligned the craft connected the RWY07 borderline line, and initiated the takeoff roll, which resulted successful harm to the runway borderline lights.
In its information recommendations, the DGCA has said that the hose relation should impart due grooming to the unit based connected the probable origin and that it shall impart the airdrome familiarisation grooming to each the pilots, arsenic per the laid down process successful organisation formation unit grooming manual, earlier assigning the unit to a caller airport.
