2 emergency landings at Ahmedabad airport in two days

Ahmedabad: Two emergency landings were reported at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on January 26 and 27. In the first incident, a private Falcon-2000 with eight people on board landed at the city airport after the pilot reported some false indication in the left engine. Five of those on board were employees of European Project Private Ltd, a company based in Mumbai.
The pilot had requested for landing at the city airport as the engine was shut down following the false indication. The flight, which was on its way to Mumbai from Chandigarh, landed in the city at 3.05 pm. It was parked there when last reports came in.
The second emergency landing was requested on Friday morning following a medical emergency. The Orbit Airways flight from Goa to Moscow, requested the Ahmedabad ATC for an emergency landing after a passenger on board suffered a cardiac problem.
28/01/12 Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: airports Jan 2012, Safety Jan 2012