Charter plane with Rajasthan CM on the board’s land on wrong runway in Phalodi. Bharat News
New Delhi: A charter aircraft, which flew from Delhi to Phalodi on Thursday (July 31), landed on the “wrong” airstrip at its destination. While Falcon 2000 was to land at Phalodi Air Force Station, it landed on a civil airstrip in the city. Sources say that the pilots realized their mistake and then flew from the civil airstrip to take off the jet at the IAF station. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating the matter and the pilots have been removed from the pending investigation.“CM flew from Delhi to Phalodi at 3 pm on 31 July. The aircraft landed at the civil airstrip at Phalodi. The pilots immediately flew from the wrong airstrip and then landed at the Phalodi IAF station, which was the prescribed airport for it and about 5 km from the east. CM climbed there and flew aircraft for Jaipur a few hours later. Falcon 2000 then flew to Delhi the same night, ”people said that people said.The Charter Company filed a voluntary report on the “Landing incident of the wrong airport” with DGCA. The civil airstrip and IAF stations in Phalodi are about 5 km separate and both features have the same geographical location. “Both runways have similar orientation and visual features. The flight crew misunderstood the runway during the approach. It seems that there was insufficient pre-oblique briefing about the presence of two air areas in the nearby area. The pilots should get proper pre-Flight briefing and that some operators need to work to ensure that there are no such things, “sources say. Dassault Falcon 2000 is a French business jet that can carry 8–10 passengers with a range of up to 6,000 km.The case has expressed concern in the form of an aircraft, which must have landed on the civil airstrip by mistake entering the restricted military airspace. “Civil airstrip may not support the weight category of the aircraft, compromising on landing safety. In addition, there may be a lack of military-disconnected coordination during such incorrect land, increasing the response time for corrective action,” they say.The headquarters for the nominated district, Phalodi due to the salt industry in Rin is also called “Salt City”. Phalodi Thar is in the buffer zone of the desert and is close to Bikner, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer.
