‘Priority landing’ by Air India Regional plane at Delhi
By IANSFriday, June 4, 2010
NEW DELHI - An Air India Regional plane safely made a ‘priority landing’ at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here as it was running low on fuel, an airport official said. The Pathankot-Ludhiana-Delhi flight was scheduled to first land at Ludhiana but couldn’t do so due to bad weather.
“The weather was not suitable for landing at Ludhiana, so after circling for a few minutes in Ludhiana airspace the pilot decided to came to Delhi,” the official.
Due to the plane’s low fuel availability, the pilot requested the Air Traffic Control for a priority landing,” the official said, adding the pilot was allowed to land at Delhi airport at 3.35 p.m.
All the passengers on board the flight were safe, the official said.
–Indo-Asian News Service
Ashok Mohan
