Mumbai: Dog intrusion on the runway at Mumbai airport brought flight operations to a halt on Tuesday morning.
While the airport officials were busy clearing flights before the main runway had to shut for repairs, a dog — which had sneaked its way to the runway — brought everything to a standstill. Flights were delayed for around 20 minutes.
The canine was spotted by a Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL) vehicle doing rounds of the area. Flights operations had to be stopped for around 10 minutes. Officials said that delays escalated and tension built up because a long queue of flights were lined for departure prior to the runway closure. The runway is shut at 12 noon every Tuesday and after a preparation of almost an hour, a shortened runway, on which only small aircraft can operate, is opened up till 5.30 pm.
The officials spotted the dog on the runway around 10 am. “A 10-minute closure doesn’t impact operations hugely. However, it being a Tuesday, the departing traffic was more than on other days,’’ an airport official said.
18/03/10 Times of India
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