Apart from the usual issues, Mumbai airport yesterday had to worry about one more subject — floating balloons over the main runway. This is the third time balloons have been seen over the runway area. Concerned with these sightings that may disrupt air traffic, airport officials complained that the activities are increasingly getting popular with people and it needs to be dealt with appropriately.

Hang on
An Air India flight AI616 on Thursday was asked to do a go-around, after the Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) spotted two blue balloons over runway number 27. The ATC asked the plane to wait for the instructions before landing. The routine flight departs from Hyderabad at 8.15 am and lands in Mumbai around 9.45 am. The plane had to go-around for 11 minutes, as the runway was closed for four minutes for inspection purpose.