Indian Airlines Flight 605 was flying from an airport formerly known by what name?
Indian Airlines Flight 605 Indian Airlines Flight 605 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight, flying from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in India's largest city of Bombay (present day Mumbai) to Hindustan Airport in Bangalore, the capital of Indian state of Karnataka. On 14 February 1990, the aircraft involved in the crash, an Airbus A320-231 registered in India as VT-EPN, crashed onto a golf course while on a landing attempt on Bangalore International Airport, killing 92 people.
Airports Authority of India The Airports Authority of India or AAI under the Ministry of Civil Aviation is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India. It provides Air traffic management (ATM) services over Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas. It also manages a total of 125 Airports, including 18 International Airports, 7 Customs Airports, 78 Domestic Airports and 26 Civil enclaves at Military Airfields. AAI also has ground installations at all airports and 25 other locations to ensure safety of aircraft operations. AAI covers all major air-routes over Indian landmass via 29 Radar installations at 11 locations along with 700VOR/DVOR installations co-located with Distance Measuring Equipment (DME). 52 runways are provided with Instrument landing system (ILS) installations with Night Landing Facilities at most of these airports and Automatic Message Switching System at 15 Airports.