Big twist before landing of AI-1717 at Lucknow airport: Pilot aborts landing, lands safely on second attempt

Lucknow. An Air India flight AI-1717 coming from Delhi to Lucknow had to make a go-around just before landing at Amausi airport on Tuesday. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was also on board the flight. As the approach of the aircraft during the first landing was not stable in accordance with the prescribed safety standards, the pilot decided to abort the landing instead of taking the risk and took the aircraft back to the altitude and prepared for the new approach.

Questions were also raised, but the safety decision became the most important.

The incident has raised questions about the landing procedure and operational arrangements at the Lucknow airport. However, based on the information available at the moment, it is too early to call it a technical or administrative failure of the airport. Go-around is considered a standard safety procedure in case of an unstable approach in the aviation sector.

That is, not landing on the first attempt is not necessarily a sign of negligence, but on the contrary, it can be a precautionary decision taken by the pilot to avoid possible risks.

Safe landing on second attempt

After the first attempt, the aircraft again approached the Lucknow airport as per the laid down procedure. In the second attempt, AI-1717 landed safely. All passengers and crew on board are reported to be safe.

Rahul Gandhi is also scheduled to fly from Delhi to Lucknow. After the go-around, the situation returned to normal with the aircraft landing safely on the second attempt.

It took off from Delhi at 2:20 pm.

The AI-1717 took off from Delhi at around 2:20 pm and was scheduled to reach Lucknow at around 3:30 pm. In the first attempt to land, the aircraft had to make a go-around due to an unstable approach.

Now the real question is, why did this happen?

The biggest question after the incident is why the approach of the aircraft became unstable and whether weather, wind direction, runway conditions, air traffic or any other operational reason played a role at that time.

So far, no official statement has confirmed any such technical glitch or airport-level lapse. Therefore, instead of speculating about the incident, it is important to wait for the official investigation or detailed information from the airline / airport.

However, one thing is clear. The pilot decided to go-around instead of risking landing in the unstable approach and landed the aircraft safely on the second attempt. This precaution is considered the most important in aviation safety.