In the USA, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandates a two minute gap between successive landings and takeoffs to minimize the risk associated with wake turbulence.
I recently heard that Delhi airport is presently functioning with a 30 second interval between successive landings and takeoffs. If true, this is a massive safety breach.
The article below explains what is wake turbulence. The subheading "Incidents Involving Wake Turbulence" in the article lists crashes caused by it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence
I also invite you to read the following article:
Unless we mandate a 2 minute gap between successive landings and takeoffs - as is required in USA by their Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - we're playing with fire.
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