Mumbai:
A Bangkok-bound chartered US plane carrying American marines among 205 passengers, which was ordered by authorities to land at Mumbai airport for flying over Indian airspace without getting mandatory military clearance, took off on Monday after being grounded for over 33 hours.
The aircraft was ordered to land in Mumbai on Sunday after it entered Indian airspace without the permission.
"The necessary regulatory permissions have been worked out," a Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) official told PTI here.
The issue relating to payment of navigational charges has also been sorted out, the official said.
The ATC had earlier rejected the payment for navigational charges by credit card.
The US military chartered Boeing 767 plane, belonging to North American Airlines, was on way from Fujiriah in the UAE to Utapao in Bangkok. It landed at Mumbai airport at 0752 hours yesterday and was parked at a remote bay.
The aircraft was made to land in Mumbai while flying over Indian airspace as there was some confusion about its call sign.
The transport aircraft had "civilian clearance from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to fly over Indian airspace," IAF spokesperson Wing Commander T K Singhahad said.
"However, it was carrying military personnel, for which the aircraft should have obtained Air Operation Routing clearance (AOR), needed for a military aircraft," he said.
Foreign military aircraft have to obtain two sets of clearances before flying over India.
Misunderstanding with call sign
Speaking on the sidelines of the Indo-US exercise in Agra, US air attache to India Colonel Steward Kowal told reporters that the aircraft was made to land in Mumbai due to "misunderstanding with call sign".
"We view it as an example of the strength of Indo-US relations. We thank India for resolving the issue quickly," he said.
This is the fourth incident of a foreign aircraft violating rules relating to obtaining of clearance to fly over Indian airspace or other disputes since June this year.
On June 20, a Ukrainian-made military cargo aircraft AN-124, operated by a Russian private airline Volga-Dnepr and chartered by US defence forces for flying out military equipment from its base in Diego Garcia island to Kandahar in Afghanistan, was caught in a similar situation.
The IAF had ordered it to land in Mumbai as the aircraft did not have AOR clearance. It was detained for 24 hours and was asked to fly out after it obtained necessary clearance.
The aircraft was ordered to land in Mumbai on Sunday after it entered Indian airspace without the permission.
"The necessary regulatory permissions have been worked out," a Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) official told PTI here.
The issue relating to payment of navigational charges has also been sorted out, the official said.
The ATC had earlier rejected the payment for navigational charges by credit card.
The US military chartered Boeing 767 plane, belonging to North American Airlines, was on way from Fujiriah in the UAE to Utapao in Bangkok. It landed at Mumbai airport at 0752 hours yesterday and was parked at a remote bay.
The aircraft was made to land in Mumbai while flying over Indian airspace as there was some confusion about its call sign.
The transport aircraft had "civilian clearance from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to fly over Indian airspace," IAF spokesperson Wing Commander T K Singhahad said.
"However, it was carrying military personnel, for which the aircraft should have obtained Air Operation Routing clearance (AOR), needed for a military aircraft," he said.
Foreign military aircraft have to obtain two sets of clearances before flying over India.
Misunderstanding with call sign
Speaking on the sidelines of the Indo-US exercise in Agra, US air attache to India Colonel Steward Kowal told reporters that the aircraft was made to land in Mumbai due to "misunderstanding with call sign".
"We view it as an example of the strength of Indo-US relations. We thank India for resolving the issue quickly," he said.
This is the fourth incident of a foreign aircraft violating rules relating to obtaining of clearance to fly over Indian airspace or other disputes since June this year.
On June 20, a Ukrainian-made military cargo aircraft AN-124, operated by a Russian private airline Volga-Dnepr and chartered by US defence forces for flying out military equipment from its base in Diego Garcia island to Kandahar in Afghanistan, was caught in a similar situation.
The IAF had ordered it to land in Mumbai as the aircraft did not have AOR clearance. It was detained for 24 hours and was asked to fly out after it obtained necessary clearance.
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