Another Mishap averted at the Mumbai airport

Mumbai: Barely a week after a near-miss, a mishap was averted at the Mumbai airport tonight when a Kingfisher flight was cleared for landing at a runway where a Spicejet plane was stationed after a technical fault.
The Mumbai-Chennai Spicejet flight was to about to take off at around 11 pm but developed a technical problem at the last minute after which the Air Traffic Control asked it to abort the take-off, airport sources said.
But, at the same time, a Delhi-Mumbai Kingfisher Airlines aircraft was given permission for landing at the same runway.
However, just in time, the ATC asked the pilot of the Kingfisher plane to go around after which the flight landed.
03/06/10 Press Trust of India

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Categories: Airports Jun 2010, Kingfisher Jun 2010, Safety Jun 2010, SpiceJet Jun 2010