Varanasi: Timely action by ATC personnel averted a major air mishap at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Babatpur, here on Monday afternoon.
According to reports, a Mumbai-bound Jet Airways plane with 145 passengers on board was taxiing at around 3.45pm when a Spice Jet flight from Mumbai (via Delhi) took position to land at the same runway.
Spotting the movement of planes, the ATC personnel immediately issued necessary instructions to the pilots. The pilot of Spice Jet was asked to make rounds in the air while Jet Airways pilot was asked to return to the apron. The Spice Jet flight landed at the airport at around 4pm while the Jet Airways flight took off 10 minutes later.
"It was the timely effort of the air traffic control (ATC) personnel that averted the mishap and the Spice Jet flight landed safely with 200 passengers on board," airport director S K Malik told TOI.
09/11/11 Times of India
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