Surprise guest at Sabiha Gökçen Airport! The plane taxied past the runway.

Surprise guest at Sabiha Gökçen Airport! The plane taxied past the runway.

29.06.2025 16:00

An interesting incident occurred at Sabiha Gökçen Airport. The pilot of an aircraft descending for landing reported to air traffic controllers upon seeing a rabbit on the runway. Due to the inspections conducted on the runway, the aircraft had to bypass the runway.

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Recently, a rabbit panic occurred at Sabiha Gökçen Airport. The pilot of the descending plane noticed a rabbit on the runway. After the pilot reported the situation to the tower via radio, the air traffic controller requested checks to be made on the runway.



PLANE MISSED THE RUNWAY



In the meantime, the Pegasus Airlines flight from Ercan to Istanbul, which was preparing to land, had to miss the runway.



REFLECTED IN RADIO COMMUNICATIONS



After the pilot reported seeing a rabbit on the runway, the air traffic controller said, "Sir, if you can estimate the location where you saw the rabbit, let's have it checked there," which was reflected in the radio communications. After the inspections were completed, air traffic returned to normal.



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