Movement of 3 drones seen at Amritsar Airport, Flights stopped for 3 hours, kept Air India flight in the air for 20 minutes
Movement of 3 drones was seen at Sri Guru Ramdas International Airport in Amritsar on Monday night. Due to which flight movement was stopped for about 3 hours. This has happened for the first time in Punjab.
According to the Airport Authority, there was drone movement from 10.15 pm to 11 pm. In which sometimes drones were visible and sometimes they kept disappearing. The flights were operated again after 1 am.
Air India flight kept in the air
According to the information, the Air India flight coming from Delhi was returned after being in the air for 20 minutes. After this, the flight landed at Amritsar airport at 4 am on Tuesday morning.
4 flights took off late
At the same time, Indigo's Pune, Indigo's Delhi, Air Asia and Batik Air's Kuala Lumpur flights flew late. According to the information, 3 drones were seen flying. Of these, 2 drones were seen near the boundary of Rajasansi side airport and on the backside of the terminal.
No drone found after search
When Air Traffic Control (ATS) gave further information, flight movement was stopped for security reasons. The remaining flights departed only after 1 am. Police and agencies searched inside and outside the airport during the night. Search operation was conducted twice on Tuesday morning also. No drone was recovered during the search operation.
No drone can fly up to 4 km
Let us tell you that according to the Indian Aircraft Act, drones cannot be flown within 4 km of the airport. NOC has to be obtained from the airport authority regarding the height of the building in the area of 20 km. There is a provision for punishment and fine for flying a drone without permission. If a drone collides with a plane engine, a major accident can occur. Signal jammers are installed in areas like airports so that the connection between the remote and the drone is broken.
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