The Air India flight was coming from Delhi to Amritsar. It crossed the border into Pakistan for a time. This happened when the pilots were doing a safety move before landing. The Air India flight landed safely at Amritsar airport.
This happened on June 22. The Air India flight, AI479, was trying to land at Amritsar airport. The airport is very close to the India-Pakistan border. Air India said the plane “slightly went into” the airspace. This was when the pilots were doing a go-around. They did this before landing
So what is a go-around? It is a safety move. Pilots do this when they decide not to land the plane. They climb away. Try to land again. They might do this because of the weather or because the runway is busy. Maybe there are planes in the way, or they cannot see very well.
The people controlling the air traffic told the plane to wait at a point near Amritsar. The plane kept going towards the airport. It turned left. Briefly went into Pakistani airspace. Then it corrected its course. The plane went back into the airspace and landed safely at Amritsar Airport. Nobody was hurt. The flight was late. Everything went back to normal after it landed.
Air India said they told the people in charge about what happened. They are looking into it now. “We told the authorities about the incident. We are investigating. At Air India, the safety of passengers and crew is an important thing,” they said.
The people in charge of aviation are also trying to figure out what happened. They want to know why the plane went into the airspace. The flight finally landed in Amritsar at about 2:20 am. It was four hours late.
This happened when there were still restrictions on planes using Pakistani airspace. Pakistan put these restrictions in place this year. Something similar happened a week ago. A Pakistan International Airlines flight briefly went into the airspace. This was because of the weather. Experts say that planes rarely cross borders. Go-arounds are a normal safety procedure. They help pilots land safely. This is the important thing.
