How ATC ensured that GST was launched on time

July 01, 2017 14:54

On Friday, Delhi Air Traffic Control played a significant part in ensuring that GST was launched as per schedule.

For those wondering how, here's the entire story.

On Friday, around 9 pm, two Indian Air Force special aircraft -- carrying President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- were to land at New Delhi's Palam VVIP Air Force station.

In such cases, the president arriving from Kolkata gets precedence over the prime minister. However, in this situation, the PM's flight had reported to the ATC first.

When the Special Protection Group requested the ATC for first landing, there was a little discomfort as protocol states that the president gets priority over the PM.

However, things went off smoothly as they suggested that the PM's flight land on a separate runway and the president lands on a separate one.

In order to do this, they stopped commercial landings for a bit and ensure both flights landed smoothly and that both dignatories could reach their destination as per their schedules.

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