India, Nov. 8 -- A vintage black-and-white photograph of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower at Bengaluru's HAL Airport from 1950 has captured widespread attention online after Delhi's state-of-the-art ATC system suffered a technical disruption yesterday.

The image shared by Karnataka Portfolio on Instagram, showing a modest but functional ATC tower overseeing several propeller aircraft, has sparked nostalgia and admiration for Bengaluru's old airport infrastructure.

As per the post, despite its simplicity, the HAL Airport's operations in the 1950s were more efficient, a sharp contrast to the chaos caused by the technical glitch at Delhi's modern and heavily equipped ATC facility.

A crippling technical glitch in the Air Traffic Control...