Mishap averted at Mumbai airport, flights delayed

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An alert Air Traffic Controller prevented a mishap at the Mumbai airport on Thursday evening by directing an incoming JetLite flight to stay airborne, as another Jet Group flight took a little longer than expected to clear the main runway.

The incident also delayed the departure of another JetLite flight from the city, a Jet Airways spokesperson said.

"At 18:07 hrs, a JetLite flight from Nagpur was to land, but a Bhuj-Mumbai ATR from the Jet Group was still stationed on the main runway, forcing the ATC to ask the Mumbai-Nagpur flight to go around.

"This led to the ATC asking another Jet Group ATR, bound for Udaipur, to abort take off as it was on a very low speed," the airline official said, adding the Nagpur flight landed on the main runway (no 27) at 18:21 hrs safely. The Udaipur flight, scheduled to take off at 18:50 hrs, left after 55 minutes' delay.