Where's a bureaucrat when you need one? These guys are running out of gas and the people on the ground are worried that their paperwork has expired...
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Jordanian plane makes emergency landing
. .PTI [ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2002 10:04:12 PM ] . . . .CHENNAI: A Dhaka-bound Jordanian aircraft, which made an emergency landing here on Friday evening after it ran out of fuel, was refuelled and allowed to take off on Saturday evening.
Airport officials made a thorough inspection of the aircraft, which had no permission to overfly Indian airspace.
Airport sources said that the aircraft with 42 crew members onboard was allowed to land after obtaining special permission from the civil aviation authorities in Delhi.
The aircraft left for Colombo after the authorities in Mumbai refused permission for landing. Since Colombo also turned down the request, the pilot approached Chennai airport authorities for permission to land as the aircraft was running out of fuel.
The sources said the Jordanian aircraft, chartered to carry Haj pilgrims from Dhaka, had permission to overfly India till January 31.
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