The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which conducts sensitive aerial surveys and large-scale mapping services to confront the natural disasters like drought and flood has been forced to depend on ageing survey aircraft and obsolete satellites which has greatly undermined their efficiency. And the acute shortage of pilots has compounded the space agency’s woes. In fact,the ISRO’s snag-ridden Super King Air B-200 aircraft, used for the remote-sensing missions, is being run with the help of the three pilots loaned from the IAF. Read More
