NEW DELHI: Alert air traffic controllers at Nagpur airport on Tuesday evening asked an incoming IndiGo flight to go around after observing that a Pawan Hans helicopter had crossed the holding point on a taxiway where it was supposed to stop before entering the runway after getting clearance to do so once the aircraft had landed.
The IndiGo Delhi-Nagpur flight, 6E 2066, landed safely in the second attempt.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered a probe into this runway incursion and the Pawan Hans pilots have been derostered (takeoff flying duty) pending the outcome of the probe, said a senior regulatory official.
