Bangladeshi plane's tyres burst, air passengers safe

Kolkata: Air passengers of a private Bangladeshi airlines plane had a close shave after landing at the N S C B International airport on Sunday when two of the aircraft's tyres burst, blocking a taxi track.
The GMG plane, with 48 people on board, was taxing towards the parking bay after landing when the tyres burst, Airports Authority of India (AAI) sources said.
However, all the passengers were safe.
As the airport staff swiftly took over the tyre repair job, with one tyre brought from Dhaka as replacement, the taxi track got blocked for about two hours.
After the repair job the aircraft, with 35 people from Kolkata, flew back to the Bangladesh capital.
AAI officials confirmed that the incident in no way affected air traffic to and from Kolkata.
23/06/08 Sahara Samay

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