KLM pilot gets lost flying over India

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3-25-2008 @ 8:01AM

Priyam said...

Today's Times of India carries a clarification from KLM on the matter. It goes as follows:

Hyderabad: Reacting to a report titled “Shamshabad... what’s that?” published in Monday’s edition of TOI, KLM in a statement said: “KLM was fully aware of the new airport. Flight 873 departed prepared for the new airport Shamshabad at Hyderabad. In India, the weather was below the published limits therefore the crew decided to go to an alternate airport in Mumbai. The passenger and the crew stayed in hotels in Mumbai and left the next day for Shamshabad.” TNN

Meanwhile, the pilots still seem to be having trouble with the new airport as per this report. "Terrain, terrain, pull up. Too low" may not be their favorite phrase.

3-25-2008 @ 8:07AM

Priyam said...

Oops... link over here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/_New_Hyderabad_airport_gives_pilots_the_jitters/articleshow/2896343.cms

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