New Delhi: Civil aviation regulator, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is probing the incident involving Congress party vice president, Rahul Gandhi’s plane which was asked to abort landing and make a go around while landing at the Delhi airport on November 26.
The incident took place when a Cessna Citation business jet carrying Mr. Gandhi was forced to make a go-around while landing as an IAF aircraft had still not cleared the runway, Aviation Ministry sources said here on Thursday. The DGCA will look into the entire incident and submit a report to the Aviation Ministry. The DGCA is probing to ascertain whether there was any lapse on part of the IAF aircraft or the jet, or even the ATC. The air traffic control (ATC) alert the business jet of Mr. Gandhi to abort landing and go around as a large IL-76 aircraft of the air force, which had just landed, was still taxiing on the tarmac. Mr. Gandhi was returning from Rae Bareili.
12/12/13 Sujay Mehdudia/Business Line
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The incident took place when a Cessna Citation business jet carrying Mr. Gandhi was forced to make a go-around while landing as an IAF aircraft had still not cleared the runway, Aviation Ministry sources said here on Thursday. The DGCA will look into the entire incident and submit a report to the Aviation Ministry. The DGCA is probing to ascertain whether there was any lapse on part of the IAF aircraft or the jet, or even the ATC. The air traffic control (ATC) alert the business jet of Mr. Gandhi to abort landing and go around as a large IL-76 aircraft of the air force, which had just landed, was still taxiing on the tarmac. Mr. Gandhi was returning from Rae Bareili.
12/12/13 Sujay Mehdudia/Business Line
