The plane went onto the wrong runway under maintenance.
After landing, the pilot flew the plane onto a taxiway that was closed for maintenance.
At noon on July 12, Vietjet Air announced flight VJ615 from Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) to Tan Son Nhat (HCMC).At 1:41 a.m. the same day, flight VNA677 of the airline landed at Tan Son Nhat airport.
Air traffic control requested the plane to enter taxiway W6, but the pilot mistakenly entered taxiway W4 - which was closed for maintenance.
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Taxiway at Tan Son Nhat airport, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo:GTVT Newspaper |
The air traffic control station detected the incident and requested the plane to stop in place, then moved to the parking spot at 1:52 am. Because the Vietjet plane had not yet exited the runway, a plane from Shenzhen (China) had to slow down to wait for landing at Tan Son Nhat.
Vietjet Air said it is interviewing the flight crew and organizing a briefing to prevent the situation from recurring.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam also set up a team to verify the incident.
