The Government Flying Training School (GFTS) runway in Jakkur could get virtually dysfunctional if the airport metro line goes elevated on this stretch. Faced with this imminent threat, students and flight instructors staged a symbolic dharna outside the school here on Saturday.
Built without the mandatory No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the GFTS, the elevated airport road tollway had already reduced the runway’s effective length by 40% to 413 metres. The usable runway length originally was 854 metres.
The elevated metro line would make 70% of the runway inoperable, GFTS sources told DH. This would imply only about 240m available for aircraft take-off and landing, an impossible task for trainee pilots.
