ATC, Jet trade blame

Mumbai: In the second incident of its kind in a fortnight, an aircraft aborted landing after nearing the runway but then ascending steeply due to the presence of another aircraft on the ground. The first incident was reported in Delhi
earlier this month and the second happened at the Mumbai airport on Friday.
Friday’s incident happened at around 4.40 pm, when Jet Airways flight 9W 352 with around 100 passengers on board was on its final approach to land. The commander had announced that the aircraft was landing. The aircraft was nearing touchdown when the commander sent it into a steep climb.
It is not clear who spotted the problem first. Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) confirmed that there was another aircraft on the runway when the Jet Airways flight was coming in to land. "We informed the approaching aircraft’s commander as soon as the commander of the aircraft on the ground expressed his inability to take off on schedule. The Jet Airways commander was instructed to do a go-around," said M G Junghare, general manager, aerodrome. While Jet Airways too confirmed the incident, it maintained that the plane’s commander first saw the aircraft on the ground and informed the ATC that he would be doing a go-around. The aircraft on the ground was a Gulfstream on an international charter assignment.
21/10/07 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Oct 2007, Jet Airways Oct 2007, Safety Oct 2007