Mumbai: The separation distance between flights coming to land at Mumbai airport has been increased in order to curb instances of planes going around to make a second attempt at landing.
As per a new advisory, the gap between two flights has been increased from around 10 km to about 15 km. The decision was taken after many go-arounds were reported recently due to the runway being occupied by planes that had just landed. Officials said aircraft runway occupancy time had gone up, resulting in many missed approaches.
On January 22, an Etihad Airways flight made a go-around at Mumbai airport when another flight failed to vacate the runway on time. Another flight, lined up for a take-off, was also told to vacate the runway.
20/02/13 Chinmayi Shalya/Times of India
