creation of 'air corridors' Installation of a secondary air-traffic control radar for aircraft altitude data Mandatory collision avoidance equipment on commercial aircraft operating in Indian airspace Reduction of the airspace over New Delhi that was formerly under exclusive control of the Indian Air Force Aftermath The Directorate General of Civil Aviation subsequently made it mandatory for all aircraft flying in and out of India to be equipped with an airborne collision avoidance system. This set a worldwide precedent for mandatory use of Traffic Collision Avoidance System. As of 2021, there is an ongoing effort by the Charkhi Dadri district administration to develop a memorial honoring the victims of the mid-air collision. The proposed memorial, which would consist of names and other information of the victims, would be located at a to-be built memorial-park in the district. However, the district administration is waiting to get an approval for the project from the Haryana government, and plans to include the participation of Ministry of Civil Aviation of India, Airport Authority of India, and embassies of Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan in the development of the memorial. Documentaries Miditech, a company based in Gurugram, Haryana, produced a documentary about the disaster called Head On!, which aired on the National Geographic Channel. The disaster was also the subject of an episode in the documentary series Mayday (Air Crash Investigation) on 11 November 2009 entitled "Sight Unseen", also shown on the National Geographic Channel. See also List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline References (PDF) Reference notes Further reading . . Obeikan, 2000. : Book by a Saudi pilot which discusses this incident Bhavya Dore. "Collision". Fifty Two. 9 October 2020. External links Directorate General of Civil Aviation Final Report OPERATIONS CIRCULAR NO.3 OF 1999 () "Officials say hundreds feared killed in airline collision over India" (Archive). CNN. 12 November 1996. "Pilot error focus of India collision investigation" (Archive). CNN. 14 November 1996. Burns, John F. "Indian and Kazak Officials Trade Accusations in Air Collision." The New York Times. 15 November 1996. Centre for Disaster Management (Haryana Institute of Public Administration) Case Study: Charkhi Dadri Mid Air Collision New article on the crash Victims, crash site of the mid-air collision from Associated Press Archive Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 747 Aviation accidents and incidents in 1996 Aviation accidents and incidents in India 1996 in India