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| 2004-04-22 |
| Iran’s New International Airport Unusable Supreme Leader Khamenei declared this Iran’s year of accountability. He could start by determining why Tehran’s newest and grandest international airport remains unusable, almost three months after being inaugurated amid much fanfare. The Imam Khomeini International Airport near Tehran cost a total of 2.6 trillion rials plus $60 [million], IRNA reported on 31 January. It is intended to handle about 6 million passengers its first phase, 15 million in the second phase, and 40 million a year when the third phase is complete; IRNA did not specify when this would be.... Yet the airport still cannot be used, according to Radio Farda on 14 April, because construction on the project is below par and does not conform to international standards. The original project engineers quit after the end of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, and the government at that time allowed the Oppressed and Disabled Foundation (Bonyad-i Mostazafan va Janbazan) to take over the airport project. The foundation changed many of the original specifications. As a result, the runways were made with asphalt instead of cement and must be repaved; neither the electrical power nor the runway lighting function properly; and the aircraft refueling equipment is inadequate. Until these problems are resolved, Radio Farda reported, the airport cannot be used. Only a truly tightly wound turban would turn management over to the "Oppressed and Disabled Foundation" and be surprised when things didn’t quite work as planned. |
| Posted by:RWV |
| #8 Year of accountability????? Haaahahahahahaaa!!!!! Any chance Khamenei is going to include the ruling elite in this? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-22 12:12:50 PM |
| #7 Who needs lights? Allan will guide the planes in. That's why the control tower has all those loudspeakers... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-04-22 12:08:59 PM |
| #6 neither the electrical power nor the runway lighting function properly Must have used the same sub-contractor as LAX. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-22 11:50:55 AM |
| #5 im hearing chainney and dozens of robot live under this aireport it like denver annex |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2004-04-22 11:22:29 AM |
| #4 He could start by determining why Tehran’s newest and grandest international airport remains unusable Because nobody wants to go to f*cking Iran? |
| Posted by: Cthulhu Akbar 2004-04-22 11:02:30 AM |
| #3 Do they rotate air traffic controllers during calls for prayer? (And I'm >50% serious...) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-04-22 10:57:28 AM |
| #2 so, except for the crappy runways, non-operative electrical (bet the control tower's a technological treat), inadequate refueling, this edifice of magnificence would be humming along? Those're just punchlist items.... Let's get this show rolling! Chop-chop! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-22 9:57:44 AM |
| #1 My thought is....are there truly 40 million people out there who want to visit Tehran? Why such a big capacity (except that it looks good to the people)? |
| Posted by: BA 2004-04-22 9:37:54 AM |