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Delhi-Amritsar Air India flight briefly enters Pak airspace during go-around

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An Air India flight from Delhi to Amritsar briefly entered Pakistani airspace while carrying out a go-around during its landing approach at Amritsar airport on June 22, the airline confirmed on Wednesday, adding that the incident has been reported to aviation regulator DGCA and is under internal investigation.

Flight AI479 marginally crossed the international border near Attari and remained inside Pakistani airspace for less than two minutes, according to available flight tracking data.

Sources told India Today TV that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has been informed about the inadvertent intrusion into Pakistani airspace.