Don’t mean to hijack the thread or anything but talking about media frenzy…get a load of this.
TIMES OF INDIA
Bad weather forces plane to abort landing
19 Jun 2009
TNN
AHMEDABAD: Panic gripped passengers aboard a Jetlite flight between Mumbai and Ahmedabad when inclement weather forced the aircraft to abort landing at the domestic airport on Thursday evening.
The flight had left Mumbai at 7.30 pm and was scheduled to land at 8.30 pm. It reached on time but trouble struck while the plane got ready to touch down. The aircraft started shuddering causing panic among passengers.
Kaushal Shah, general manager of a prominent corporate house, said, “The plane was about to touch down when it started shuddering. The flight took off instead of landing. Several passengers, especially women and children, started crying. For a good 20 minutes, the aircraft circled over the city.”
At 9 pm, the flight took a second attempt at landing at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel airport, Ahmedabad. This time it was a clean touch down.
Passengers greeted the safe landing with a loud applause. It seemed like a second coming for many abroad the flight. Kaushal said, “I felt that this is a second chance for all of us. We had lost all hope. I spoke to a crew member of the flight. He told us that it was due to bad weather that they had to abort landing.”
Jet Airways officials said, “Due to heavy rains coupled with strong winds, we had to circle over Ahmedabad. When we got weather clearance, we landed again safely. There was no technical snag in the aircraft.”
:rolleyes:
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