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Workshop on Table Top Airports on Oct 29, 30

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October 27, 2011

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Mangalore, October, 27: The department of Civil Engineering of NITK and Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee celebration Committee will be jointly organising a two day workshop on October 29 and 30 at Silver jubilee auditorium, Suratkal.
“As a part of silver jubilee year of the Mangalore Airport, NITK will be conducting a two-day workshop on 'Table Top Airports and Safety Aspects'. It is being organised with the aim of clearing apprehensions in the minds of people about Table Top Airports and will also highlight the need to extend the present runway in order to handle international flights and to upgrade the other required facility”, said Prof Sandeep Sancheti Director, NITK, addressing a the press meet here on Thursday.
He said that the workshop provides a platform for exchange of latest ideas and concepts concerning Table Top airports. The workshop would be of interest to all professionals, educationists, researchers associated with airports and navigation systems and the general public, he added.

He said over 200 delegates including students are expected to take part in the workshop.

Normally constructed by chopping off the top of a hill, Table Top airports are often thought of as complex for landing aircrafts because of the gorges all around the airport.

Mangalore's Table Top airport came under sharp focus following the plane crash that killed 158 people. However, it is a fact that runway 24 has handled over 32000 successful landings since it was commissioned in 2006, which underlines the fact that landing a plane on a table top airstrip should not be a problem for pilots with normal training, he said.

Dr M Veerappa Moily, Central Minister for Corporate Affairs will be the chief guest at the inaugural of workshop. D Devraj, Regional Executive Director, Airport Authority of India, M R Vasudeva Rao, Director, Mangalore Airport and T S N Murthy, Deputy Chairman of NMPT, will be the guest of honour, he said.

Prof Shivashankar, Department of Civil Engineering NITK, and Prof Umesh, Dean, Research and Development, NITK were present in the press meet.



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