Near-collision averted at Delhi airport as Afghan airline flight lands on wrong runway
A major aviation incident was averted at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, when an Ariana Afghan Airlines flight from Kabul mistakenly landed on a runway in use by another aircraft, officials said.
The incident occurred on Sunday and a probe has been launched into the matter. The Ariana Afghan Airlines A310 aircraft, operating flight FG-311 from Kabul to Delhi, was cleared to land on runway 29L. However, it touched down on runway 29R instead, a senior DGCA official told news agency PTI.
