Runway scare
07.07.10
A plane approaching Aberdeen Airport had to take last minute evasive action because a helicopter was on the runway, the Press & Journal reports. Passengers on the BMI flight from Heathrow said the plane was 200ft above the ground when it banked sharply and started to climb again. The Embraer 145, carrying 36 passengers, circled the airport before landing half an hour later.
A passenger on the plane, which left Heathrow at 15:00 yesterday, told the newspaper: ‘We were coming in to land, but the pilot suddenly accelerated hard, and we started climbing again. He came on the loudspeaker and said he could not land because there was a helicopter on the runway.’
A spokesman for air traffic controller NATS said: ‘There was a helicopter that was the required distance ahead of the aircraft but did not leave the runway as quickly as it should have. The controller and pilot both saw it, and to retain the necessary separation the plane went round again and landed safely once the helicopter vacated the runway.’
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