Plane on runway forces Indigo flight to abort landing

Passengers of an Indigo airline flight experienced tense moments when the flight’s landing was aborted at the Chennai airport on Monday.

The flight which left Mumbai at 10 a.m. with over 150 passengers was scheduled to land in Chennai around 11.40 a.m. But when the flight was about to land, the pilot was informed there was another flight on the runway. He had to abort the landing and stay in the air for a while.

J. Joher, a frequent flyer said that he along with the other passengers were worried when the captain apprised them of the situation

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“The pilot would have touched down in a few seconds but all of a sudden, we were continuing to fly. Then, the pilot informed all the passengers that there was another flight on the runway and that we would keep flying till that flight took off,” Joher said.

After fifteen minutes, the take off for the flight on the runway was cleared and the Indigo airline flight was able to land at 11.55 a.m.

However, airport sources said that such incidents were not uncommon at the airport.

“Sometimes, they occur because there may be a delay in the take off of some other flight on the runway for various reasons. But this is not such a big issue. Whenever the pilots find that they are not able to land due to the presence of some other flight on the runway, they keep flying for a while till they get the clearance to land,” said an airport official.

Pilot informed there was another flight on the runway, forced to stay in air for a few minutes

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