GVK Mumbai International Airport (MIAL), the company that administers the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), has been awarded the top rank at the 30th Kaizen Conference and Competition by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for creating a reusable dummy aircraft from scrap material in the renovative category of the awards. The annual awards by the industry body are given to organisations in recognition of their contribution for continuous improvement in business processes and management.
An MIAL spokesperson said, “Our participation for the award was triggered after the appreciation we received from across the world after the mock drill exercise held in March this year. The dummy aircraft on fire had caught everyone’s attention. It was then we decided to apply for the award. It is indeed an honour to receive this recognition, which is a reflection of our unstinting efforts towards ensuring cost efficiency and optimum utilisation of time and resources, speaking volumes about our commitment towards environmental preservation and operational performance.”
This year MIAL’s Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) team has come up with the idea of creating an in-house dummy aircraft from scrap material. After working on it for two months, the MIAL team created the dummy aircraft that was first used for a realistic simulation of aircraft crash for an airport emergency drill held in March this year. The dummy aircraft has been made in such a manner that it can be reused even after being used in a fire drill exercise.
The cost-effectiveness and easy-to-handle features of the dummy aircraft makes it beneficial for the team to opt for it than taking an actual scrap aircraft or a scrap bus for the drill. It can also be used as a simulator for other purposes like training of fire fighters.
