Plane overshoots runway in Aizawl

Silchar: Four days after a chopper carrying Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu and four others crashed in Tawang, a plane overshot the runway at Aizawl airport today and got stuck in a ditch, injuring nine passengers.
The tiny Cessna Caravan plane of the private airliner North East Shuttle carrying nine passengers from Imphal landed in Lengpui airport, 38km from Aizawl, around 10.30am amid a drizzle.
As it sped down the 2.5km runway, it overshot the path on the left and got caught in a ditch.
The injured passengers were treated at the primary health centre at the airport. Those who needed further treatment were shifted to the civil hospital in Aizawl.
The superintendent of police of Aizawl district, Lalbiakthanga Khiangte, said the plane suffered 40 per cent damage, with its wings and wheels coming off.
Today’s accident comes exactly two months after an Airbus carrying 98 security personnel overshot the runway at Lengpui airport by a kilometre while landing, but managed to avoid a rerun of the Mangalore airport disaster by screeching to a halt just in time.
04/05/11 The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports May 2011, Safety May 2011