Nedumbassery: The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) authorities today said that there was no problem with the runway of the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) on the date of the Gulf Air flight deviated from runway while landing, as the average co efficient of runway was between 0.61 to 0.86, which was very much higher the minimum international level of 0.34.
''The Friction Co efficient of the site where the Gulf Air touched the northern end of the runway was 0.7 to 0.8, which was a proof that the Friction Co Efficient of CIAL Runway was at a very good level,'' Airport Director A C K Nair told UNI.
Immediately after the Gulf Air 270 incident on August 29, we had carried out the Runway Friction Test along with the officials of Director General of Civil Aviation on the runway and it was recorded that the average Friction of Co efficient in the CIAL runway was between 0.52 to 0.84, which proved the efficiency of the runway, he added.
Stating that as per the guidelines of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Annexure-14, all the airports were required to maintain a minimum level of runway friction of 0.34 while testing with the Surface Friction Tester Vehicle, he said that the CIAL had also undertook such test and found in its last test that the level was between 0.61 to 0.86, which was very much higher than the prescribed minimum level by ICAO.
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