This one can be neatly labelled as bizarre and funny.

In an incident that is exactly as weird as it sounds, Hyderabadi skies noticed a big fuck up of sorts as a pilot of KLM Airlines from Amsterdam refused to land at the newly constructed Shamshabad airport in Hyderabad. The pilot, who was totally unaware of the new airport, flew to the old Begumpet airport. Imagine the shock of his life, when he was told that the facility was no longer open. The ATC there redirected him to the new functional airport in Hyderabad, the Shamshabad airport.

The pilot had no idea what that was, and hence refused to land there. Post incident talks reveal that the pilot refused to land there because his company did not receive the Notam ( Notice to Airmen ), which, according to the airport sources, was sent to every airline in the world. The pilot then made the decision to fly the plane carrying 220 economy class and 13 business class passengers to Delhi. However, here, the pilot was refused permission to land.

The pilot finally made his way to Mumbai where the passengers were put up in city hotels by the KLM airline employees. We are not sure what happened to the passengers who wanted to fly back to Amsterdam.

So here’s 50 paise to the folks from the Airport Authorities, to hire a personal message delivery guy and another 50 paise to the KLM officials to get better thinking minds

News source: TOI dated 24th March, 2008