Afghan Air pilot lands on wrong runway at Delhi airport; probe ordered
New Delhi: A major incident was averted at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Sunday when an Ariana Afghan Airlines aircraft landed on a wrong runway.
According to officials aware of the incident, Afghan Air’s flight FG-311 (an A310 aircraft) from Kabul was given clearance by Air Traffic Control (ATC) to land on runway 29L, which was being used for landings. The new parallel runway 29R was being used for take-offs. However, the flight landed on runway 29R.
