Mumbai: An Air India aircraft, Airbus 320, was grounded Sunday morning after being hit by a catering van. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has ordered a probe into the incident, which occurred around 5 am on Sunday when the aircraft, after arrival, was standing in the bay. Suddenly, a catering van, supposed to supply food to the aircraft, hit its middle portion and a few parts of the aircraft were damaged. Later, when Air India engineers checked the aircraft, they declared it technically unfit and grounded it for repair and maintenance work.
BCAS is investigating circumstances under which the van came so close to the aircraft. A BCAS official said, “Luckily, the incident was not big, otherwise some fatality would have occurred. We have decided norms and conditions for every van which operates in the air side area, it seems there was some man-made fault.”
27/10/15 Ashita Dadheech/Asian Age
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BCAS is investigating circumstances under which the van came so close to the aircraft. A BCAS official said, “Luckily, the incident was not big, otherwise some fatality would have occurred. We have decided norms and conditions for every van which operates in the air side area, it seems there was some man-made fault.”
27/10/15 Ashita Dadheech/Asian Age
