Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru has become the first airport in India as well as in South Asia recently to have installed a disabled aircraft recovery kit, reports Financial Express.
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) was quoted as saying, “The kit includes ground preparation tools, de-bogging, aircraft lifting, towing, tethering, along with all other associated aspects of both narrow as well as wide-body aircraft”.
This technology will now enable this airport with recovering Code F-compatible aircraft during any aircraft incident on the runway.
BIAL had signed a deal last year with German aircraft recovery kit maker Kunz GmbH to manufacture, commission, supply as well as maintain this specialized equipment.
BIAL has formed a task force that will undergo extensive hands-on training at the state-of-the-art recovery training facility of Kunz GmBh for a quick response recovery team to address critical situations.
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