A business jet carrying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was forced to make a go-around while landing recently at Delhi airport as an IAF aircraft had still not cleared the runway, airport sources said today.
Aviation regulator DGCA is probing the November 26 incident when the Cessna Citation jet carrying Gandhi was asked by the air traffic control (ATC) 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.
Gandhi's plane, which was returning from Rae Barelly, went around and landed safely later, the sources said.
"There was no safety threat to the business jet. It was asked to go around, which is a normal safety-related manouevre," they said.
It was estimated that the jet would be able to land after the heavy-lift Illyushin-76 'Gajaraj' vacated the runway, which did not happen, the sources said.
12/12/13 Daily News & Analysis
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Aviation regulator DGCA is probing the November 26 incident when the Cessna Citation jet carrying Gandhi was asked by the air traffic control (ATC) 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.
Gandhi's plane, which was returning from Rae Barelly, went around and landed safely later, the sources said.
"There was no safety threat to the business jet. It was asked to go around, which is a normal safety-related manouevre," they said.
It was estimated that the jet would be able to land after the heavy-lift Illyushin-76 'Gajaraj' vacated the runway, which did not happen, the sources said.
12/12/13 Daily News & Analysis
