Emergency Landing at Airport Ponikve

A rapid intervention of the air traffic controller facilitated the emergency landing without jeopardizing the safety of other traffic.

Emergency Landing at Airport Ponikve

06.04.2014

The civil aircraft “Cessna 150”, designation mark HAERB, carrying two Hungarian nationals, performed an emergency landing at Airport Ponikve near Uzice at 14:05 today due to an engine failure. The aircraft took off from Belgrade heading to Tivat and then reported an engine failure to TMC Beograd. Upon the request of the pilot, the aircraft was cleared to land at Airport Ponikve. A rapid intervention of SMATSA Llc ATCO, all in accordance with the well exercised unusual/emergency procedure, facilitated the emergency landing within the shortest possible time and without jeopardizing the safety of other aircraft. The two passengers of “Cessna 150” suffered no injuries at landing. Upon landing, the pilot said that they had landed safely without anybody being injured. The arrival of the service team from Hungary is anticipated for tomorrow. The Directorate of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Serbia, the police and army have been informed about the incident.

Airport Ponikve which had been badly damaged during NATO bombing was reconstructed and re-opened on the 5th October 2013. SMATSA Llc control tower has 700 m2 and is equipped with the most modern equipment. It was built in 1997 and since then the most modern equipment for aircraft handling and dispatch has been installedin the same. SMATSA Llc has included this airport in all their projects for modernization, as in line with the expansion of the hereto airport, with the aim to make safer and faster, in a professional way, the air traffic in this region of Serbia but fully in accordance with all European regulations and requirements of the profession. Aerodrome control at Airport Ponikve has 17 employees of all profiles: ATCOs, engineers, technicians and meteorologists.

On the occasion of the emergency landing at Airport Ponikve, SMATSA Llc states that it has, once again, showed professionalism in successful handling of unusual/emergency situations for the aircraft flying over the region of south-east Europe since it has facilitated the emergency landing of an aircraft in the shortest possible time without jeopardizing the safety and prolonging the flight time of other aircraft.
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