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No compromise: On putting pressure on ATC officials

Air safety is paramount (सर्वोपरि, सर्व श्रेष्ठ, उत्तम), and politicians should not be allowed to pressure ATC officials

The incident, on August 31, wherein (जिसमें) two BJP Members of Parliament, Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari, and their entourage (attendants, companions, bodyguard, escort (who travel with and work for an important or famous person)) are alleged (आरोप, दावा) to have ‘forcibly obtained take-off (उड़ान भरना) clearance’ close to sunset, from the Air Traffic Control (ATC) (हवाई यातायात नियंत्रण) at Deogarh airport in Jharkhand for their flight (flying) is a case of ‘tail-scraping (an incident in which tail of the aircraft is scraping on the runway (scrape meaning ‘rub by accident against a rough or hard surface’))’ established air safety norms (आदर्श, नियम, मानक). The politicians — they were in the State to meet the family members of a minor girl in Dumka who had been set ablaze by a stalker (a person who stalks. (stalk means pursue, woo, court, chase, follow, watch consistently; persecute, harass, annoy, bother, trouble persistently)) on August 23 — are reported to have reached the airport at around 5.25 p.m. to fly back to Delhi on a chartered (rented/hired (aircraft or ship)) twin-engine business jet. Based on complaints by the airport security-in charge and the Deputy Commissioner of Deogarh, the allegation (आरोप, दावा, अभियोग) is that the ATC was coerced (मजबूर करना, विवश करना, बाध्य करना) into allowing the flight to depart, resulting in (परिणाम होना, नेतृत्व करना) the Jharkhand police registering an FIR against the MPs and the others. Various sections of the Indian Penal Code (भारतीय दंड संहिता) such as ‘endangering (खतरे में, जोखिम में डालना) life or personal safety’ have been applied. Mr. Dubey in turn (के बदले में, परिणामस्वरूप) filed an FIR in Delhi against the Deputy Commissioner and the Jharkhand police which includes, bizarrely (strangely, unusually, oddly), their being booked under Section 124A (sedition (विद्रोह, राजद्रोह)). It is at this point, air safety experts concur (सहमत होना, समान विचार रखना), that the clutter (confusion, mess, muddle, chaos, disorder) must be swept aside and the core issue of flight safety brought firmly into focus.

Deogarh, according to data available in the Aeronautical Information Publication (It contains details of regulations, procedures and other information relevant to the operation of aircraft in the particular country to which it relates), is still a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) airport, and night operations are not permitted. Further, point 3 under ‘En-Route–1.2 Visual Flight Rules (In aviation, visual flight rules (VFR) are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. VFR are used for non-instrument piloting and visual runways)’ states that “VFR flights shall not be operated between 20 minutes after sunset to 20 minutes before sunrise, except when exempted (free from an obligation; excepted from, excluded from) by air traffic control for local flights....”, the principle being that the airfield should be available in the event of (if something happens) an emergency after take-off under VFR conditions. It must be noted that sunset at Deogarh was at 6.03 p.m. and the flight left at 6.17 p.m. The difficulties the crew (a group of people (personnel) responsible for an aircraft during a flight) could have faced at such an airport in the event of an emergency, such as a bird hit or engine failure, do not have to be elaborated — avian (bird/relating to birds) life is active at twilight (the time/period between sunset and night) and Jharkhand is known to be a bird-rich (of a region, having abundant birdlife) spot. Other airports in the region available for a diversion are not close either. Additionally, to have one of the politicians who is part of a committee constituted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation attempting to push the boundaries (challenge/confront established norms; go beyond the limits of something) of safety is unacceptable. The episode (a group of events; incident, event, affair, occurrence) also highlights (emphasize, draw attention on, underline, underscore) the pressures faced by air traffic controllers and officials, especially in small airports in India. As a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (A specialized agency of the United Nations, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was created in 1944 to promote the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation throughout the world. It sets standards and regulations necessary for aviation safety, security and facilitation, efficiency , economic development of air transport as well as to improve the environmental performance of aviation) and bound (restrict, limit, restrain) by its stringent (strict, severe, extreme, rigorous) rules, India must ensure that directives (rule, regulation, instruction, direction) are followed and that there is a thorough (rigorous, in-depth, extensive, minute, detailed) and fair probe, with penalties, by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The politics should be fenced off (separate/prevent something from something else).

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.compromise (noun)

Hindi Meaning - समझौता, बीच का रास्ता, सौदा
English Meaning - agreement, understanding, settlement, middle ground, deal.

2.Air Traffic Control (ATC) (noun)

Hindi Meaning - हवाई यातायात नियंत्रण
English Meaning - the system by which aircrafts are monitored and directed on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace by ground-based staff (air traffic controllers) communicating with pilots by radio.

3.paramount (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - सर्वोपरि, सर्व श्रेष्ठ, उत्तम
English Meaning - most important; foremost, primary, key, major, first and foremost.

4.wherein (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - जिसमें
English Meaning - in which.

5.allege (verb)

Hindi Meaning - आरोप, दावा
English Meaning - claim, charge, accuse.

6.take-off (noun)

Hindi Meaning - उड़ान भरना
English Meaning - (of an aircraft) an act of leaving the ground and beginning flight.

7.norm (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आदर्श, नियम, मानक
English Meaning - rule, standard, convention, regulation.

8.allegation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आरोप, दावा, अभियोग
English Meaning - charge, accusation, claim, indictment.

9.coerce (verb)

Hindi Meaning - मजबूर करना, विवश करना, बाध्य करना
English Meaning - compel, obligate, pressure, pressurize.

10.result in (verb)

Hindi Meaning - परिणाम होना, नेतृत्व करना
English Meaning - lead to, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.

11.Indian Penal Code (IPC) (noun)

Hindi Meaning - भारतीय दंड संहिता
English Meaning - The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law. The draft was passed into law on 6 October 1860. The Code came into operation on 1 January 1862. The Indian Penal Code of 1860, subdivided into 23 chapters, comprises 511 sections. IPC deals with crimes and punishments.

12.endanger (verb)

Hindi Meaning - खतरे में, जोखिम में डालना
English Meaning - risk, put at risk, imperil, jeopardize, threaten.

13.in turn (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - के बदले में, परिणामस्वरूप
English Meaning - in succession, successively, sequentially.

14.sedition (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विद्रोह, राजद्रोह
English Meaning - incitement (to riot/rebellion), agitation, trouble making/provocation (against the established government/authority).

15.concur (verb)

Hindi Meaning - सहमत होना, समान विचार रखना
English Meaning - agree, be in agreement, go along, be of the same opinion.

16.put pressure on (phrase)

English Meaning - to try to influence/persuade someone to do something in a certain method.

17.entourage (noun)

English Meaning - attendants, companions, bodyguard, escort (who travel with and work for an important or famous person).

18.flight (noun)

English Meaning - flying.

19.tail-scraping (noun)

English Meaning - an incident in which tail of the aircraft is scraping on the runway (scrape meaning ‘rub by accident against a rough or hard surface’).

20.set ablaze (phrase)

English Meaning - cause to burn, ignite, set on fire.

21.stalker (noun)

English Meaning - a person who stalks. (stalk means pursue, woo, court, chase, follow, watch consistently; persecute, harass, annoy, bother, trouble persistently).

22.chartered (adjective)

English Meaning - rented/hired (aircraft or ship).

23.twinjet or twin-engine jet (noun)

English Meaning - a jet aircraft powered by two engines. A twinjet is able to fly well enough to land with a single working engine, making it safer than a single-engine aircraft in the event of failure of an engine.

24.first information report (FIR)(noun)

English Meaning - a written document prepared by the police when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable offence.

25.bizarrely (adverb)

English Meaning - strangely, unusually, oddly.

26.Section 124A of the IPC (noun)

English Meaning - Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for sedition.

27.clutter (noun)

English Meaning - confusion, mess, muddle, chaos, disorder.

28.sweep aside (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - disregard, ignore, take no notice of, dismiss, shrug off, brush aside.

29.bring (something) into focus (phrase)

English Meaning - to concentrate on something (a particular point) in a discussion/consideration.

30.Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) (noun)

English Meaning - It contains details of regulations, procedures and other information relevant to the operation of aircraft in the particular country to which it relates.

31.Visual Flight Rules (VFR) (noun)

English Meaning - In aviation, visual flight rules (VFR) are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. VFR are used for non-instrument piloting and visual runways.

32.Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)(noun)

English Meaning - Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions not clear enough to see where they are going. IFR are used for instrument piloting and non-visual runways.

33.exempt (verb)

English Meaning - free from an obligation; excepted from, excluded from.

34.in the event of (phrase)

English Meaning - if something happens.

35.crew (noun)

English Meaning - a group of people (personnel) responsible for an aircraft during a flight.

36.avian (noun/adjective)

English Meaning - bird/relating to birds.

37.twilight (noun)

English Meaning - the time/period between sunset and night.

38.bird-rich (adjective)

English Meaning - of a region, having abundant birdlife

39.push the boundaries (phrase)

English Meaning - challenge/confront established norms; go beyond the limits of something.

40.episode (noun)

English Meaning - a group of events; incident, event, affair, occurrence.

41.highlight (verb)

English Meaning - emphasize, draw attention on, underline, underscore.

42.International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (noun)

English Meaning - A specialized agency of the United Nations, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was created in 1944 to promote the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation throughout the world. It sets standards and regulations necessary for aviation safety, security and facilitation, efficiency , economic development of air transport as well as to improve the environmental performance of aviation.

43.bound (by) (verb)

English Meaning - restrict, limit, restrain.

44.stringent (adjective)

English Meaning - strict, severe, extreme, rigorous.

45.directive (noun)

English Meaning - rule, regulation, instruction, direction.

46.thorough (adjective)

English Meaning - rigorous, in-depth, extensive, minute, detailed.

47.fence off (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - separate/prevent something from something else.