<p>An alert Air Traffic Controller prevented a mishap at the city airport on Thursday 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.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident also delayed the departure of another JetLite flight from the city, a Jet Airways spokesperson said.<br /><br />“At 1807 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.<br /><br />“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 1821 hrs safely.<br /><br />The Udaipur flight, scheduled to take off at 1850 hrs, left after 55 minutes’ delay. A Mumbai airport official also confirmed the development.</p>
<p>An alert Air Traffic Controller prevented a mishap at the city airport on Thursday 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.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident also delayed the departure of another JetLite flight from the city, a Jet Airways spokesperson said.<br /><br />“At 1807 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.<br /><br />“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 1821 hrs safely.<br /><br />The Udaipur flight, scheduled to take off at 1850 hrs, left after 55 minutes’ delay. A Mumbai airport official also confirmed the development.</p>