Laser beam strikes at Chennai airport again: Emirates flight targeted during critical landing phase

Close Call For 180 Passengers As Air India Express Flight Aborts Landing 200 Feet Above Runway!

Chennai: It was a close call for 180 people on an Air India Express flight. The flight from Singapore was to land at Chennai at 10.15 am. However, even after descending as low as 200 feet from ground level, the pilots decided to pull up and try again. The flight landed safely on the second attempt, after circling the airport for around 30 minutes. According to Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials, the aborted landing was due to an ‘unstab…

Laser beam strikes at Chennai airport again: Emirates flight targeted during critical landing phase

Chennai: A Dubai-bound Emirates flight with 326 passengers onboard narrowly avoided a potential disaster when an intense green laser beam was deliberately shone at the aircraft during its final approach to Chennai International Airport on Saturday night. The incident, occurring around 10:30 PM when the flight EK542 was just minutes from touchdown, forced the pilots to maintain extra vigilance before executing a safe landing. This marks the fourt…