An American chartered aircraft with 205 passengers, including US marines, was made to land at Mumbai airport today for entering Indian airspace without mandatory clearance but was later given the nod by the IAF to fly out. IAF spokesperson Wing Commander T K Singha told AIR that after inquiry, the IAF has given clearance for the plane to fly out and the DGCA will decide when it will take off.<br/><br/>The US military chartered Boeing 767 plane, belonging to North American Airlines, was on way from Fujiriah in the UAE to Utapao in Bangkok. It landed at Mumbai airport at 0752 hours and was parked at a remote bay. According to Airport officials, the aircraft was made to land in Mumbai while flying over Indian airspace as there was some confusion about its call sign.The transport aircraft had civilian clearance from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to fly over Indian airspace.However, it was carrying military personnel, for which the aircraft should have obtained Air Operation Routing clearance (AOR), needed for a military aircraft.<br/><br/>Once the aircraft entered Indian air space, the IAF ordered it through radio communication to land in Mumbai, to which it complied with. This is the fourth such incident of a foreign aircraft violating Indian airspace since June this year.