It's a racket that needs investigation," said Mangala Narasimhan , AAI deputy general manager, aviation safety.Senior air traffic controllers explained the technical problems that make the Juhu plan financially unfeasible. The plan is to extend the Juhu main runway into the Arabian Sea on stilts to make it long enough to accommodate ATR aircraft (Jet Airways and Air India together have about 35 ATRs). However with the runway and runway shoulders on stilts, there is the fear that Juhu would flood during monsoon.So why can't aircraft fly in from the west, overfly the Arabian Sea, and land? The reason is because the sea breeze is prominent for eight months of a year which makes landing unsafe on runway 08. Also for every runway , AAI has to ensure that an aircraft can safely abort a landing and take-off for a second attempt at touchdown.

Source: Times of India January 22, 2017 22:56 UTC