Nude man gets on IGI runway, forces plane to abort landing

Delhi: In a major security lapse that caused a scare at the high security Indira Gandhi International Airport, a man — reportedly drunk — scaled the airport’s wall and entered the airside around 8 pm on Friday.
As a result, the air traffic control (ATC) forced a domestic flight arriving from Hyderabad to abort landing at the last moment on runway 29.
The ATC also asked the planes lined up for landing to change their position and land on the main runway 28 instead.
The man was spotted roaming around at taxiway Z, near runway 29, by an airport jeep.
“The man, identified as Arun Rai, a resident of Begusarai in Bihar, was spotted by a ‘follow me’ jeep. He has been detained and we are investigating the case,” said a CISF spokesman.
27/02/10 Hindustan Times

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Categories: Airports Feb 2010, Safety Feb 2010