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Posted: Feb 04, 2009 at 0331 hrs IST

Mumbai In a rare case of priority landing given to a Jet Airways flight from Bangalore to Mumbai, Air Traffic Controllers cleared the flight to land at the Mumbai airport. They made the flight hop ahead of the queue as it had an infant with a congenital heart disease on board, who was to be admitted to a city hospital for treatment. The flight, Jet Airways 9W444, landed at the Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) at 2:29 pm on Tuesday with an ambulance from Jupiter Hospital waiting for it.

“A priority landing clearance was given to Jet Airways flight 9W444 from Bangalore because the flight had an infant suffering from a heart disease and was to be admitted to a hospital for treatment,” said a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson.

“Priority landings are different from emergency landings which arise out of emergency medical conditions onboard. In this case, the entire airport was prepared,” said an air traffic controller.

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