Indian pilots grounded:

An Indian airline has grounded two pilots for attempting to land their plane on a road which they mistook for a runway, the airline and reports said Monday.

The IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad in Gujarat state to Jaipur in Rajasthan was close to touching down until the pilots were alerted by a “too low terrain” warning in the cockpit, IndiGo said in a statement. “The captain in command immediately took a precautionary measure and carried a go-around. The aircraft landed safely on subsequent approach,” added the statement.

The incident, the latest to highlight safety concerns in India’s rapidly expanding aviation sector, happened on February 27 but has only just come to light in Indian media. (AFP)