Indian’s aircraft stranded at Sharjah

Sharjah: The runway at Sharjah International Airport was briefly closed on Monday night after an Indian airline aircraft coming from Mumbai was stranded on the runway due to leakage of hydraulic oil, a source at the airport said.
The 20-minute closure, however, did not affect the inbound and outbound flights.
The incident, according to sources, occurred at around 10.15pm when the pilot of the IC-595 flight was forced to stop the aircraft on the runway soon after it landed. “The flight was towed to the bay and the passengers were offloaded,” the source added.
Meanwhile, Indian officials said that technical snag had caused the delay in the operation of Sharjah-Mumbai flight which was scheduled to leave Sharjah Airport at 12.20am yesterday morning (Tuesday), but finally could leave only in the evening at 7pm.
All 140 passengers were shifted to hotels and provided with all facilities, Abhay Pathak, Indian’s regional manager for Gulf, said.
25/07/07 Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates

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