Close shave for LS Speaker, others as flight aborts landing

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and other passengers onboard a Jet Airways flight had a narrow escape on Sunday evening when their plane had to abort landing and take a "go-around" after the pilot spotted another aircraft on the runway.
"Jet Airways flight (9W-913), which had Speaker Chatterjee also in it, took off from Kolkata this evening and arrived at Delhi airport at around 7.45 p.m. As the aircraft was descending to land, after getting clearance from the ATC, the Jet Airways pilot spotted another plane on the runway," sources said. It was not immediately known how many passengers were in the aircraft.
The Southern China Airlines was on the ground and was taxiing for take off on runway 29.
On seeing another plane on the runway, the pilot aborted the landing and took a "go-around".
Chatterjee's plane had to hover for about 15 minutes over the airspace before it finally landed safely, the sources said.
19/01/09 PTI/Times of India

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