Pilot grounded after blunder

THE bungling pilot who landed his passenger jet at the wrong airport on Wednesday has been grounded, Eirjet confirmed yesterday.

He has been told he will not be allowed back into the cockpit until a full inquiry is carried out.

Unions have urged Eirjet bosses not to sack the pilot, but his future is unclear after he touched down on Wednesday at a military base six miles short of his intended destination at City of Derry Airport.