HANOI : -- Dinh Viet Thang, deputy head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam on Friday said Vietnam's airlines have been ordered to identify at least one reserve airport for landings, in case of bad weather.
Thang said airlines were also asked to follow special flight procedures during storms. The aims to ensure the safety of flights after recent crashes of foreign airplanes that were later tied to weather issues.
Airlines were banned from taking off and landing when weather conditions resulted in poor visibility, cloud ceilings and wind speeds that were above allowed standards. Airlines were also not allowed to make landing approaches more than twice.
Thang also said In case of complicated weather, flight crews are to ask advice from air-traffic controller agency to receive better assessments of weather developments before making the second landing approach.
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