Gulf Air flight escapes accident at Lahore airport

ATC acted timely to prevent the flight from landing on under-construction runway

LAHORE:

Due to the timely action of air traffic controller (ATC) at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, an aircraft of a foreign airline narrowly escaped an accident on Sunday.

The pilot of Gulf Air Flight 764, coming in from Bahrain to Lahore, tried to land the passenger plane on a runway under construction, but the ATC stopped the aircraft from landing on that runway.

By timely stopping the plane from landing on the under-construction runway, the plane which was only 200 feet above the ground, narrowly escaped an accident.

Sources said that the passenger plane changed its landing direction and landed on the second line, as directed by the ATC.

The pilot also appreciated the performance of the ATC, which helped thwart an accident at the Allama Iqbal International Airport.