NEW DELHI, JULY 15
Airbus A-380 of the Emirates Airlines today landed at the swanky new Terminal-3 of the IGI airport here, proving the capacity of the facility to handle commercial operations of the world’s largest aircraft.
The aircraft with 543 people — 517 passengers and 26 crew members — was scheduled to arrive at 2.50 pm but it was delayed by about half-an-hour after pilot decided to take a go around as he could not land in the first attempt as the “visibility was low” because of the rain.
The super-jumbo plane finally landed around 3.30 pm and was accorded a traditional water salute by jet of water from two fire tenders.
“There was heavy rain over the airfield and the previous aircraft had reported that the braking action on the runway was poor to medium and as we came lower, I saw the situation developing and made a decision that it is safer to come back and try again when the rain was a bit less,” Captain Samir Murjani, who flew the A-380 from Dubai to Delhi, told PTI.
As the aircraft was taxiing towards the apron area, a dog strayed into the apron area of the terminal where the aircraftwas to be docked.
