Another mishap averted at Mumbai airport

June 04, 2010 10:45 am | Updated November 11, 2016 06:02 am IST - Mumbai

A Kingfisher Airlines aircraft sits on the tarmac at the Mumbai airport. File photo

A Kingfisher Airlines aircraft sits on the tarmac at the Mumbai airport. File photo

A mishap was averted at the Mumbai airport last night when a Kingfisher flight was cleared for landing at a runway where a Spicejet plane was stationed after a technical fault, a week after a similar incident here.

The Mumbai-Chennai Spicejet flight was about to take off at around 11 pm but developed a technical problem at the last minute after which the Air Traffic Control asked it to abort the take-off, airport sources said.

But, at the same time, a Delhi-Mumbai Kingfisher Airlines aircraft was given permission for landing at the same runway.

However, just in time, the ATC asked the pilot of the Kingfisher plane to go around after which the flight landed.

The Kingfisher Airline spokesperson said the pilot complied with the ATC instruction.

The flight landed at Mumbai airport safely, he said.

“Shortly before the Kingfisher Airline flight IT318 was to land at Mumbai Airport, the ATC requested the captain of the flight to do a go around. The captain immediately complied with the ATC instruction and was re-vectored a fresh approach” the spokesperson said.

The aircraft which was operating from Delhi landed at Mumbai Airport shortly thereafter, he said.

On May 27, a major disaster was averted at the airport here as a Jet Airways plane was asked to abort landing at the last minute after an IndiGo aircraft entered the runway.

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