Mumbai-Kolkata Air India flight Averts Potential Disaster

Kolkata: A Mumbai-Kolkata Air India flight AI 2771 averted a potential disaster when the flight was descending and approaching the runway at the Kolkata airport.

A potential disaster was averted when Air India flight AI 2771, an Airbus A320 operating from Mumbai to Kolkata, encountered an issue during its descent into Kolkata.

During the approach, Air Traffic Control (ATC) cleared the flight for landing. However, the beginning of secondary runway 19R was closed for civil work, and a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) had been issued regarding the closure.

The aircraft was observed by ATC heading towards the closed runway 19R, prompting immediate instructions for the pilots to perform a go-around.

With ATC's guidance, the flight executed the maneuver and landed safely on another runway.

Indigo flight makes emergency landing 

In another incident, an Indigo flight from Patna to Ranchi made an emergency landing after a bird strike incident when it was about to reach Birsa Munda airport in Jharkhand. All the passengers and crew members onboard were safe.

“The incident occurred while the aircraft was making an inbound turn to land, approximately 10 to 12 nautical miles from the airport at an altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 feet,” Birsa Munda Airport Director RR Mourya had informed.

"A bird was reported to have hit the aircraft, which was suspected to be a large bird, possibly a vulture. Following the report, an emergency landing was requested," the Airport Director added.

Prior to that, an Indigo flight from Raipur to Delhi experienced turbulence due to dust storm pushing the pilot to elevate the aircraft again when it was about to touchdown at the Delhi airport.

This happened with the Indigo flight 6E 6313 which had to manoeuvre for a while before landing at the Delhi airport.  A video of the had also gone viral on social media.