After day of the jackals, dog’s life

Kolkata: The presence of a dog on the main runway of NSC Bose airport delayed the landing of two flights today. Air India's flight from Aizwal to Kolkata via Imphal was approaching to land followed by a flight of Air Deccan around 2.40 p.m. when Air Traffic Control officials told the pilot of the AI flight to discontinue approach and go round because there was a dog on the main runway.
The pilot of Air Deccan's flight was also asked to go round. Both the flights landed on the secondary runway after nearly 20 minutes.
It may be recalled that two flights had to land about 15 minutes after their scheduled time of landing because of the presence of jackals on the main runway on Wednesday.
23/05/08 The Statesman

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Categories: Airports May 2008, Safety May 2008