Flights delayed as aircraft gets stuck on runway

Bangalore: Eight flights were delayed and another was diverted after an Alliance Air aircraft carrying 118 passengers, including crew members, got stuck on the runway after landing at the airport here on Thursday.
Last week, the airport runway was closed for an hour when a Sri Lankan cargo plane overshot the runway that led to flight delays.
According to sources in the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Boeing 737 flight of Alliance Air, a subsidiary of the State-owned Indian, developed a technical snag in the wheel hydraulics after landing. Certain procedures had to be followed while towing the aircraft to the isolated bay. The runway had to be closed for over half an hour. “The flight had been incapacitated to move on its own following the breakdown in hydraulics,” the sources said.
The incident occurred soon after the flight IC-7542 landed in Bangalore around 7.55 p.m., and the authorities cleared the runway around 8.35 p.m.
The sources said that the officials would inspect the aircraft for its air worthiness before it was allowed to take off again.
22/06/07 The Hindu

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