Saturday, September 17, 2011

Low visibility forces Ludhiana-bound flight to land in Chandigarh, India.

Ludhiana: Passengers had a harrowing time on Friday after a Delhi-Ludhiana flight was forced to land in Chandigarh due to low visibility at the Sahnewal airport. They had to reach Ludhiana from Chandigarh in buses and taxis in pouring rain.

The Ludhiana-bound Air India flight took off from Delhi as usual, but just when it was about to land in Ludhiana, the visibility around the airport became low. As landings at the airport are still dependent on natural light, the flight was not able to land. The plane kept hovering above the airport for some time and finally was diverted to Chandigarh.

The flight had 13 passengers. The airport has no DVOR equipments (Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Radio range) and therefore natural light is necessary for flights to land. Similar incidents have occurred in the past as well. Once a flight from Delhi was not able to land at the airport, and the plane, after two hours, had to return to Delhi. 

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