At IGI, Spicejet aircraft lands on wrong runway

New Delhi: In what could have turned out to be a major tragedy, a Spicejet aircraft landed at the wrong runway at IGI Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
The flight SG-851 (Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi) made the landing at 2.30 pm.
A mishap was averted because there was not much traffic on the runaway in the afternoon since maintenance was going on at the primary runway when the aircraft landed.
The pilot, Gursharan Singh Arora, is reported to have apologised immediately to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) on ground. Arora is stated to have told the ATC that the aircraft’s Instrumental Landing System failed, after which he could not follow directions of the Air Traffic Control to land at the secondary runway.
Arora has been grounded and an inquiry has been lodged against him.
An airport official said there were more than 150 passengers in the aircraft.
12/06/07 Delhi Newsline

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Categories: Airports Jun 2007, Safety Jun 2007, SpiceJet Jun 2007