The Air Traffic Controller’s (ATC) timely action helped a foreign airline’splane avert a major disaster at the Allama Iqbal International Airport onSunday.
The pilot of the Gulf Air’s flight GF-764, coming in from Bahrain toLahore, tried to land the passenger plane on a runway under construction,but the ATC staff alerted the pilot just in time and helped him land on thealternate runway.
As per airport sources, the plane was less than 200 feet away from theground when the traffic controller intervened and directed the pilot toimmediately abort the landing.
The pilot made last-minute maneuvers to change the direction and landed onthe second runway, as directed by the ATC.
The pilot also appreciated the performance of the ATC, which helped thwartan accident at the Allama Iqbal International Airport.
In a separate incident last year, a Pakistan International Airline (PIA)flight had narrowly escaped an accident, while taking off, with aninternational operator’s aircraft landing at Canada’s Toronto PearsonAirport.
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The national airline’s flight PK-787 entered into a taxiway, a path alongwhich aircraft can taxi when moving to or from the runway, withoutclearance from airport administration.
At the same time, an Air Canada flight arrived from Seoul to land at thesame runway where the PIA plane was preparing for a takeoff. A timelyintervention by air traffic control avoided a clash between the two planes.
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