Jet denies close call at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: A Jet Airways flight from Delhi, which was descending for landing at the Mumbai airport last evening, had to pull back and take off after the pilot spotted an aircraft on the tarmac sending jitters among the 100-odd passengers on board.
Jet Airways sources on Saturday said that the aircraft was on descent three kilometres away and the Air Traffic Control informed the pilot about the presence of another aircaft on the runway.
The aircraft was therefore asked to encircle the airport before landing safely 30 minutes later.
There was no close brush as stated in a report, sources said, adding with 20 aircraft landing and 29 aircraft taking off in an hour from the airport during the peak hours, descending aircraft are at times asked to encircle for a longer period before landing.
20/10/07 PTI/Economic Times

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