Flight lands at wrong end of runway at Belagavi airport

BELAGAVI: A major mishap was averted after a SpiceJet aircraft, with 30 passengers on board, landed at the wrong end of the runway at the Belagavi airport on Sunday. The pilots later flew the aircraft to Hyderabad after a 26-minute stopover.

Despite the mess-up, flight operations at the airport remained unaffected throughout the day. The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched an inquiry to ascertain the cause for the technical glitch that made the pilots of the Hyderabad-Belagavi flight land on the wrong end of the runway.