Emergency landing by plane whose wheel malfunctions

Kolkata: A Jet Lite plane with 47 passengers today landed under emergency conditions at the NSC Bose International Airport here shortly after taking off for Patna due to malfunctioning of a wheel.
Airport sources said the flight took off but one of its wheels did not went in during the ascent forcing the pilot to ask the Air Traffic Controller for permission for emergency landing. All the arrangements for emergency landing were made and the plane landed safely.
16/09/09 Press Trust of India

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Categories: Airports Sep 2009, JetLite Sep 2009, Safety Sep 2009