Indore: In what is being termed as a risky mid-air manoeuvre and possibly a violation of standard rules, a SpiceJet aircraft at 5,000 feet was allowed to land before another Spice Jet flight hovering at 3,700 feet at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport on Wednesday night at about 8pm.
Passengers, who came to know of the 'confusion' vented their anger on the airport authorities after landing.
According to the air traffic controller (ATC), two Indore-bound SpiceJet aircraft from New Delhi and Hyderabad were vying for space to land at the airport around the same time.
The flight that took off from Hyderabad was about 3,700 feet above the ground while the one coming from New Delhi was flying at a height of about 5,000 feet. The pilots of these aircraft were simultaneously seeking the signal to land. However, the ATC allowed the Delhi flight, flying at 5,000, to land first.'
30/11/12 Venugopal Pillai & Ashish Gaur/Times of India
