Midair fright on Spicejet flight SG 228

Pune: A Bangalore-Pune Spicejet flight landed under emergency arrangements at Pune airport after hovering for over 30 minutes, while passengers had unnerving moments after they were informed that there was a “defect in the nosewheel”. The flight finally landed safely and a disaster was averted.
Confirming this, officiating airport director, Sanjay Kumar Panigrahi, said, “I was informed about the incident at night at home and we put in place emergency arrangements.” The airport officials and the aircraft prepared for an emergency landing. This included putting the airport staff on alert and summoning an ambulance to the tarmac.
Passengers of flight SG 228 spent anxious moments as there were two announcements by the crew, when the plane arrived in Pune, informing them of difficulty in landing. Incidentally, the Spicejet flight had also arrived an hour later than scheduled time of 10.45 pm in Pune.
15/02/11 Ishfaq Naseem/Indian Express

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