Runway is ok, says Air Marshal Barbora

Dismissing reservations about the safety of the tabletop runway at Bajpe airport in Mangalore, IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal PK Barbora on Sunday said there was no problem with the airstrip.

Dismissing reservations about the safety of the tabletop runway at Bajpe airport in Mangalore, IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal PK Barbora on Sunday said there was no problem with the airstrip.

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“There is no problem with the airstrip there. I don’t see any problem,” he said on the sidelines of the inaugural ceremony of the maiden fight of the Light Combat Helicopter at HAL airport here. Expressing grief over the tragedy which claimed 158 lives, he said, “In this aviation game, the circus must go on.”