Commanding officers of all naval air squadrons attended the annual edition of the Naval Flight Safety Seminar hosted by the Southern Naval Command.
Vice Admiral A.R. Karve, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Command, inaugurated. He said it was fitting that the seminar was being held at the cradle of Indian naval aviation, which has now grown to be a force to reckon with.
The seminar discussed topics like the ‘Study of Best Practices of Civil and Advanced Foreign Military Aviation for Enhancing Flight Safety’ and ‘Imperatives of Airspace Management in a Rapidly Integrating and Dense Air Environment’.
A total of seven papers were presented on these themes. Various aviation accidents and incidents of the Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and Indian Army were discussed in detail as case studies.
Vice Admiral Karve awarded the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) trophies for flight safety and the best naval air squadron to the commanding officers of the winning air squadrons. The Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 312, the squadron operating P8-I aircraft based at Arakkonam, was adjudged the best air squadron of the Navy for the year 2016-17, while INAS 550 squadron based at Kochi operating the Dornier aircraft was adjudged the runners up. INAS 318, the Dornier aircraft operating squadron at Port Blair, was adjudged best frontline squadron in terms of flight safety.
