DGCA orders enquiry into Jet Airways landing mishap

New Delhi: The Director General of Civil Aviation has ordered an inquiry into the skidding of a Jet Airways flight from Delhi at the Indore Airport runway. 49 passengers were on board that July 1st flight when the accident occurred.
A Jet Airways airhostess suffered injuries to her spine and 6 other passengers received minor injuries in the accident. The aircraft had skidded off the runway of Indore's Holkar airport, after its wheels broke while landing during heavy rains in the city.
“We are taking the incident seriously as we don’t want to make any compromise on safety measures,” said officials of the Quality Control and Air Safety departments of Air India, along with the DGCA who are to conduct a detailed probe.
Preliminary investigations showed that the aircraft’s wheels and the anti-skid system were fully functional, as it was relatively new with only two years of operation.
12/07/07 CNN-IBN

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Categories: Airports Jul 2007, Jet Airways Jul 2007, Safety Jul 2007