Shocking moment jet missed the roof of a construction truck by just feet as it landed after a 'miscommunication' between pilot and air traffic control
- Workers were carrying out repairs on the runway of a Paraguay airport
- The person filming notices the incoming plane and tells them to move
- The Gulfstream jet has a very near miss with the workers as they clear its path
- The president of the aviation agency is looking into the incident and said there may have been a lack of communication
This is the dramatic moment a jet has a very near miss with a group of construction workers carrying out maintenance on a runway.
The shocking video shows the six workers from Paraguay's civil aviation agency (DINAC) repairing a patch of the runway on the country's main national airport in Luque.
Dressed in hi-viz orange suits, the five men plus the one filming are standing in the middle of the concrete stretch with a pick-up truck.
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A group of construction workers carry out repairs on the runway of the Silvio Pettirossi Airport in Paraguay
They appear to be repairing a hole when suddenly one of them points out the incoming plane.
They slowly move to the side of the runway as one of the workers gets in the front of the car and drives out of the plane's trajectory.
The Gulfstream aircraft comes to land and flies just yards above the car as it moves out of the way.
The worker filming the video alerts the others to the incoming plane and they start to move out of its path to the side of the runway
They slowly move to the side and one of the workers gets in the front of the pick-up truck and starts to drive out of the plane's trajectory
The workers do not appear particularly concerned by the very near miss having sauntered to the side of the runway not even looking at the potential collision.
The video is believed to have been filmed four or five years ago but has recently come to light after going viral on social media in Paraguay.
The president of DINAC Edgar Melgarejo told Gatechecked there would be an investigation into the incident and suggested a lack of communication between the pilot and air traffic control was the reason behind it.
In a tweet translated from Spanish, DINAC Paraguay said: 'The maintenance works on the runway are constant and carried out with all the safety rigour.
The Gulfstream plane narrowly misses the car as it comes in to land on the runway
The president of the civil aviation agency Edgar Melgarejo said there would be an investigation into the incident
'Coordinated and informed with time via the Notice to Airmen, it works as is required by the international procedure which the Institution submits to.
'Each operation is looked after by the Control Tower and each aircraft receives instructions for every action - this is independent of the Notice to Airmen which is previously issued.
'The aircraft pilot is obliged to respond to the directives of the Air Traffic Controllers and it is their obligation to be aware of each Notice to Airmen issued by them.'
The runway of the Silvio Pettirossi Airport has had a number of problems due to its poor construction and maintenance.
The Paraguayan Government has since announced plans to fund works on the runways and build a second terminal.
