“There are airports with only three controllers and they each work three shifts straight,” he said. In addition to problems with equipment, Mexico also has a worrying deficit of 300 air traffic controllers. However, Covarrubias said that safety concerns affect all of the 59 airports currently in operation in the country. Mexico City became the focus of air navigation safety concerns over the weekend after an incident at the Benito Juárez International Airport Saturday night in which a plane almost landed on a runway occupied by another jetliner with clearance to take off. The basic equipment should at least be useful and working properly,” said Covarrubias, adding such problems affect airports nationwide. MEXICO CITY (CN) - The Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport on Mexico’s Pacific coast lacks the equipment necessary for effective communication between the tower and pilots, according to the head of Mexico’s air traffic controllers union Sinacta.īasic instruments like light guns, barometers and anemometers, which measure wind speed and direction, are not functioning properly at the popular tourist destination’s airport, said Sinacta secretary general José Alfredo Covarrubias.
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