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Structures, objects pose threat to flight ops at Kolkata airport

Hours after the Air India flight bound for London's Gatwick airport with 242 passengers onboard crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, questions in connection with safety and security, mainly during take-off and landing of flights at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport, are being raised.

Kolkata airport gets five-tier security

Amid heightened tensions in the subcontinent and an intelligence-based alert from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata has been placed under an unprecedented five-tier security system, enforced by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

Tribute by city ATCOs for Myanmar colleagues

The Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) of Kolkata airport, under the aegis of ATC Guild (I) ER, paid tribute to their counterparts from Naypyidaw ATC Control Tower, Myanmar, who tragically lost their lives during a recent earthquake in Myanmar’s new capital.