New Delhi: An AirAsia India flight to Delhi had to abort its take-off on Sunday morning at Goa airport after a dog entered the runway when the plane was readying to depart.
"Flight I5778 was set to depart around 8.25 am," said a senior official of Airports Authority of India.
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At about 0825h today when #AirAsia flight 778 was rolling for take off at @aaigoaairport alert ATC spotted a dog entering runway & immediately informed pilot who aborted take off. The flight departed 0915h after additional technical checks. @SpokespersonMoD @DefenceMinIndia
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) September 1, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">At about 0825h today when #AirAsia flight 778 was rolling for take off at @aaigoaairport alert ATC spotted a dog entering runway & immediately informed pilot who aborted take off. The flight departed 0915h after additional technical checks. @SpokespersonMoD @DefenceMinIndia
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) September 1, 2019At about 0825h today when #AirAsia flight 778 was rolling for take off at @aaigoaairport alert ATC spotted a dog entering runway & immediately informed pilot who aborted take off. The flight departed 0915h after additional technical checks. @SpokespersonMoD @DefenceMinIndia
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) September 1, 2019
"The dog, once spotted by the Air Traffic Control, was immediately removed from the runway. The flight then departed at around 9.15 am," the official added.
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#INSHansa has proactively taken steps to relocate dogs from vicinity of runway. Under MOU of #IndianNavy with Department of Animal Husbandry, nearly 60 dogs have been relocated since mid August @DDNewsLive @PIB_Panaji @PIB_India @airnewsalerts
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) September 1, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">#INSHansa has proactively taken steps to relocate dogs from vicinity of runway. Under MOU of #IndianNavy with Department of Animal Husbandry, nearly 60 dogs have been relocated since mid August @DDNewsLive @PIB_Panaji @PIB_India @airnewsalerts
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) September 1, 2019#INSHansa has proactively taken steps to relocate dogs from vicinity of runway. Under MOU of #IndianNavy with Department of Animal Husbandry, nearly 60 dogs have been relocated since mid August @DDNewsLive @PIB_Panaji @PIB_India @airnewsalerts
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) September 1, 2019
Commercial airline companies operate their planes from the civil enclave of INS Hansa, which is an airbase of the Indian Navy.
The Indian Navy spokesperson said on Twitter, "At about 0825 hours today, when AirAsia flight 778 was rolling for take-off at Goa airport, alert ATC spotted a dog entering the runway and immediately informed pilot who aborted take off. The flight departed 0915 hours after additional technical checks."
The ATC at Goa airport is run by the Indian Navy.
The spokesperson added, "INS Hansa has proactively taken steps to relocate dogs from the vicinity of the runway. Under MOU of IndianNavy with Department of Animal Husbandry, nearly 60 dogs have been relocated since mid-August."
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