Created Monday, Nov 24th 2025 15:34Z, last updated Friday, Jan 9th 2026 17:20Z
An Ariana Afghan Airlines Airbus A310-300, registration YA-FGF performing flight
FG-311 from Kabul (Afghanistan) to Delhi (India), was cleared to land on Delhi's runway 29L, read back their clearance to land on runway 29L but touched down on runway 29R, slowed, vacated the runway and taxied to the apron.
At the time all arriving aircraft before and after landed on runway 29L without a problem.
India's DGCA opened an investigation into the serious incident stating, that the crew of the A313 told them, that they had lost the ILS at 4nm out in poor visibility, the aircraft had turned right, and they were visually landing on the runway visible ahead. The crew remarked ATC had not made them aware of the deviation. The DGCA added, that it was not clear whether aircraft's ILS system had malfunctioned.
On Jan 9th 2026 India's AAIB released their preliminary report stating, that the FDR has been retrieved and is being analysed while the CVR had been overwritten, and summarizing the sequence of events:
On the day of occurrence, Ariana flight AFG311 was operating sector Kabul-Delhi and was designated Runway 29L for landing. The mode of operation in Delhi was Four Runway Westerly where Runway 27 was used for arrivals, RWY 28 for departure, RWY 29R for departure and Runway 29L for arrivals. After initial descend with Delhi area control, AFG311 was released to Approach Control and thereafter, radar vectored for ILS Approach RWY 29L. Subsequently, it was released to Tower by Approach Control for final Approach for landing.
AFG311 reported established on Localizer RWY 29L at 18 NM to touchdown and came into contact of Tower at 10 NM to touchdown on Localizer RWY 29L. Tower Controller instructed AFG311 to continue approach RWY 29L which was read back correctly. At 2NM to touchdown the tower controller gave landing clearance to AFG311 for RWY 29L while AIC2243, was departing from RWY 29R. AFG311 landed on an unassigned RWY 29R at 063622 UTC despite recieving clearance for RWY 29L.
After landing on Runway 29R, the aircraft vacated via Taxiway R and informed Tower on enquiring that they had lost ILS at 4 NM from touchdown and due to poor visibility, were unable to differentiate between Runway RWY29L and RWY29R. As per prevailing mode of operations, RWY 29R was not configured for landings and its approach lights, ILS and PAPI were not switched ON since it was being used in ‘Departure ONLY mode’. The aircraft operated its next flight AFG 312 to Kabul at 1012 UTC from Runway 28 on the same day.
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