Jet Airways flight made to go-around

New Delhi: A Jet Airways flight was forced to make a go-around at the IGI airport on Wednesday night when the pilot spotted another aircraft on the runway as 9W-309 was preparing to land. The aircraft on the runway had landed just before the Jet Airways flight and had not been able to clear the runway on time.
An Emirates flight also made a go-around on Thursday afternoon. While airport sources said that this too was due to the runway being occupied, airline sources said that it was due to strong winds on the approach path.
"The Jet Airways flight from Mumbai was approaching to land on the new runway at 9pm. The pilot spotted another aircraft on the runway and informed the air traffic control. The flight did a go-around and landed at 9.25pm," said an airport official.
Sources said that the number of go-arounds due to runway being occupied by other aircraft was a recurrent problem at the IGI airport. At a meeting held recently with the civil aviation ministry, airlines, air traffic control and Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd among other stakeholders, it was discussed that more rapid exit taxiways were required at the new runway as aircraft were taking too long to vacate the runway.
20/05/11 Times of India

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