Indian ATC - Air Canada declares MAYDAY
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Indian ATC - Air Canada declares MAYDAY
An Air Canada Boeing 787-900, registration C-FGEI performing flight AC-46 (dep Sep 18th) from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Mumbai (India) with 177 passengers and 14 crew, was on approach to Mumbai being cleared for the approach to Mumbai, when ATC cancelled the approach clearance due to a runway excursion by another aircraft, see Incident: Spicejet B738 at Mumbai on Sep 19th 2017, overran runway on landing. The aircraft initiated a missed approach at 3800 feet MSL and entered a hold at FL070, then FL080 and FL100. After about an hour the crew decided to divert to their planned alternate airport and set course, however, shortly afterwards ATC told the crew that the alternate was unable to accomodate them due to being at maximum capacity. The crew consulted with dispatch and decided to divert to Hyderabad (India). The aircraft climbed to FL250 and was enroute to Hyderabad when ATC told them, that Hyderabad also was unable to accomodate them due to being at maximum capacity. The flight crew declared Mayday due to being low on fuel, however, ATC instructed them to enter a hold and tried to divert them several times before giving them a direct route to Hyderabad following the fourth (!) Mayday declaration. The aircraft landed on Hyderabad's runway 09L 118 minutes after aborting the approach to Mumbai.
The Canadian TSB reported: "The operator reported that ATC continued trying to divert the flight or attempted to place it in another hold. The flight crew had to declare MAYDAY four times before ATC cleared them for the approach into VOHS. The TSB is in contact with India’s AAIB."
The Canadian TSB reported: "The operator reported that ATC continued trying to divert the flight or attempted to place it in another hold. The flight crew had to declare MAYDAY four times before ATC cleared them for the approach into VOHS. The TSB is in contact with India’s AAIB."
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had this happen to me in Pakistan, same reason, "ramp is full" while diverting from Peshawar to Islamabad, after holding the appropriate time, I never got the clearance, they kept saying "negative, ramp is full, not cleared.....with no other choice I just flew the approach at Islamabad, landed, all the while ATC telling me I'm NOT cleared to land, then received a calm, normal sounding "taxi to the ramp" ramp was emptyinstruction, fuel truck arrived, all services completed, launched for Peshawar after the weather improved....nothing said by Pak ATC about anything, filed ASR with my company...no feedback receive
