Chennai: An Air India Mumbai-Chennai flight was told to go around the airport twice on Friday after birds were spotted on the runway.
Sources said the flock of birds was seen over the runway when IC 972 approached runway 25 around 9.30 am.
As the birds could not be chased away on time, the flight could not land when it returned after circling the city. So, "it was told to go around again," said an airport official. The incident lasted about 15 minutes.
Sources said the bird menace had affected flight operations at the airport on some occasions. The airport does not have modern equipment to chase away birds and relies on people employed for this.
In another incident, the communication link that helps air traffic controllers get position of a flying aircraft in data form failed on Friday night. It was restored by Saturday morning.
Sources said a snag in the server of a private firm that provides the service caused the failure.
01/08/10 Times of India
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