Runway scare probe grounds two officials

Calcutta: Two air traffic control officials at the city airport have been benched after a probe found them responsible for a near-collision on the runway on August 3.
The duo would be allowed to resume duty only after they go through a “corrective training”.
City-based officials of the directorate general of civil aviation have conducted the probe and sent the report to the headquarters in Delhi. “The two ATC officials have been taken off the roster. They will be asked to join a corrective training once a formal order comes from Delhi,” said a senior airport official.
A Jet Airways plane carrying 154 passengers from Bangkok was approaching the airport for landing when the pilot noticed another aircraft about to taxi for take-off from the same runway.
In a split-second decision, the pilot aborted landing and remained airborne till the other aircraft, Air India’s Calcutta-Delhi-London flight, took off.
“The Air India flight was to take off earlier. It’s departure was delayed because of a last-minute change in the flight plan by the ATC,” said H.N. Mishra, the DGCA’s air safety officer for the east and northeast.
30/08/10 The Telegraph

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