GoAir pilot sends distress call to ATC before landing in Kannur airport
NEW DELHI: The pilot of a GoAir flight sent a ‘Pan-Pan’ (distress) call seeking an urgent landing to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) before its touchdown at its destination Kannur in Kerala on Tuesday.
The GoAir flight G8-056 Airbus Neo took off from Muscat in Oman and was destined to Kannur.
“The captain of the GoAir flight 056 from Muscat to Kannur yesterday transmitted an urgent call to the ATC as safety or precautionary measure owing to a minor problem while on its descent approach path to Kannur airport,” a GoAir spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.
