A Vistara flight returned to Bengaluru without landing at the Dabolim Airport in Goa after a stray dog was spotted on the runway by the Air Traffic Controller, a senior official said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon, he said.
The pilot was asked to “hold for some time” as a stray dog was spotted on the runway of the Dabolim Airport but he “preferred to return to Bengaluru”, Goa airport’s director SVT Dhanamjaya Rao told PTI.
The Dabolim Airport in Goa is part of the Navy’s INS Hansa base.
The Vistara flight UK 881 left from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru at 12.55 pm on Monday and returned at 3.05 pm, sources said.
