Lengpui #airport in #Mizoram is quite an #engineering marvel. A lot of hills were ‘grinded’ down so a plane could land. Around the time it was being built, an MLA of the opposition MNF party famously said, “Not even a crow will land on that place. It’s for Lalthanhawla (the CM at the time) and his cronies’ way of making money.” Credit to the ruling INC government of the time who pushed the central government that Mizoram needs this airport
The state government currently controls its operation but I hear that the IAF is salivating to take over it and run it on the lines of the one in #Pune.
📌 Google Research, American Airlines, and Breakthrough Energy have collaborated to develop #forecast maps for contrail formation (the white trails seen behind flying airplanes) using artificial intelligence based on #data such as satellite images, meteorological data, and flight paths.
📌 The goal is to assist pilots in choosing routes that minimize contrail formation, which contributes to approximately 35% of #globalwarming caused by #aviation.
📌 As a result, test flights with Google's AI-based predictions and open-source contrail models have reduced contrail formation by 54%.
🤔 How could the use of contrail #forecast maps evolve in the field of #aviation navigation and air traffic #management policies, and what work, economic, social, and environmental challenges might emerge from this evolution?
🤔 What could be the consequences of using #AI in reducing contrail formation on potential climate impact disparities among different airlines or regions of the world?