A Russian airline Boeing 737-800 almost landed on a runway under construction at Grozny Airport.
This morning of 07 Sep 2024, an Utair Boeing 737-800 aborted landed when the pilots realized they were about to land on a parallel runway still under construction
The aircraft was performing flight #UT742 from Antalya Turkey to Grozny, Chechen Republic of Russia.
The flight from Turkey was scheduled to land on Runway 08/26 of the Kadyrov Grozny International Airport (GRV), but was on final approach the parallel runway, still under construction.
After the go around, the crew performed a second attempt and made a safe landing on the active runway.
