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A SAS pilot forced to make circles over Kristiansand airport

Kristiansand, Norway - The controller had not returned from vacation

The pilot of an SAS plane, on a domestic flight in Sweden, has been forced to make circles over Kristiansand Airport (Norway), because as he called up an airport control tower for clearance to land he found no one at work. The Dash-8 aircraft, on a flight from Stockholm with 30 passengers, eventually landed safely. According to airport officials, a scheduling mix-up was responsible for the incident...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 32581
Rome, Italy, 08/27/2002 17:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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