Notice regarding the disseminated news on aeronautical event related to Turkish Airline Flight
Regarding the yesterday`s event related to the aircraft of Turkish Airlines the route of which was Istanbul –Skopje and for which the media informed that it has made five unsuccessful attempts to land, M-NAV GOJSC Skopje would like to inform the public that due to adverse meteorological conditions over the Skopje Airport i.e. due to occurrence of cumulonimbus clouds the said aircraft was not able to land but at pilot`s discretion the aircraft returned to the airport of departure. At the same time, we inform that it is not true, as it was with sensationalism published оn some portals that the aircraft has attempted five times to land but as it is also apparently shown on the image depicting the trajectory attached to the Articles in the media, the aircraft was in a holding pattern waiting for the weather conditions to improve at Skopje Airport in order to be able to land, since the weather conditions did not improve, he decided to return to the Airport in Istanbul.
In situation when due to adverse meteorological conditions the aircraft is not able to land to the intended destination, the decision about where and when to land is exclusive right of the company and of the pilot who is responsible for the safety of the flight and of the passengers aboard.
The Air Traffic Controllers who were on duty gave maximum support and it was done аs the crew requested.