Narrow Escape for Jet Airways Passengers

Srinagar: More than 120 passengers of a JetLite flight had a narrow escape when the aircraft developed a technical snag while landing at Srinagar International Airport and skidded off the runway Sunday morning.
Sources quoting eyewitnesses said that panic gripped airport when the wheels of JetLite flight No S2-165 coming from Delhi to Srinagar got jammed while landing at the airport. The plane skidded off the runway and went into the nearby field.
More than 120 passengers, including some foreigners, were on board. However, all of them escaped unhurt, officials sources said.
They said emergency was declared and all passengers were later evacuated from the plane safely.
"The flight took off from Delhi airport and it was about to land at the Srinagar airport when pilot informed the control tower about the jammed wheel", sources said adding, "Though the situation was alarming the pilots managed to control the situation".
Plane remained grounded at the airport till late evening and engineers were being flown from Delhi on Monday to examine it, sources said.
23/09/07 Kashmir Observer

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