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The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) recorded the slightest fig of laser interference incidents successful the past 2 years among large airports successful the country.
While astir airports witnessed expanding incidents of laser beams being directed astatine aircraft, KIA, which is the 3rd busiest airdrome successful the country, recorded zero incidents successful 2023, 10 incidents successful 2024, and 1 incidental successful 2025, arsenic per accusation by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol to a question successful the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Budget Session.
In contrast, Delhi airdrome reported 110 incidents successful 2023, 144 successful 2024, and 147 successful 2025; Chennai reported zero incidents successful 2023, 67 successful 2024, and 54 successful 2025; and Hyderabad reported zero incidents successful 2023, 59 successful 2024, and 38 successful 2025.
Even smaller airports similar Kolkata and Lucknow reported much incidents than KIA. In 2024 and 2025, Kolkata reported 72 and 44 incidents, and Lucknow reported 23 and 26 incidents, respectively.
Among Karnataka’s airports, Mangaluru International Airport featured successful the database with 9 incidents successful 2024 and 11 successful 2025.
In total, crossed the 21 large airports successful the country, 122 were reported successful 2023, and 528 and 502 were reported successful 2024 and 2025, respectively.
In effect to the measures taken for prevention and recognition of offenders, and whether the authorities proposes stricter ineligible provisions, enhanced surveillance, and technological solutions to guarantee aviation information and deter specified hazardous acts, the Minister said, Rule 66 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937 regulates the accumulation of mendacious lights, including laser lights, successful the vicinity of aerodromes wherever specified airy whitethorn endanger the information of the craft oregon interfere with ocular navigation aids.
“DGCA has published CAR, which prescribes the requirements for protecting craft operations against the hazardous effects of laser emitters astir airports, including the constitution of protected zones to mitigate risks arising from laser emissions. Further, to power the enactment of laser emanation astir airports, Standards Operating Procedures are defined successful the Aerodrome Manual of the acrophobic Aerodrome,” helium said.
