The landing of an Indian aircraft in Calcutta on Thursday kicked off a row between the airport authorities and airline officials over the mode of touchdown and the subsequent developments.
Airport officials said the pilot of flight IC 401, coming from New Delhi to Calcutta with 115 passengers on board, requested the air traffic control (ATC) for a “precautionary landing” as he suspected a snag in the aircraft.
“Though the request was for precautionary landing, we made all emergency provision.” an airport official said.
The plane, the official added, landed safely at 10.09 am. “But it could not move from the runway to the taxiing bay after the passengers got off. We had to use tow bars and tractors to move it to the bay.”
An Indian official, however, denied that tow bars or tractors were used, “as the plane rolled into the taxiing bay on its own. No snag was detected and the flight took off for Bangkok at 12.45 pm.”
10/11/06 The Telegraph
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