Ill-fated AI aircraft sent for maintenance

Kanpur: After several hours of hard work, the New Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata aircraft which had ploughed into the muddy field after skidding off the runway while landing at Chakeri airport on Wednesday, was brought back on the track and sent for maintenance on Friday.
A joint team of Air Force and Army personnel took out the stuck-up aircraft from the mud with the help of a crane.
The aircraft was then taken to apron and an 8-member team of Air India began its maintenance work.
It is expected that the maintenance work would continue till Sunday after which the aircraft would be flown to New Delhi.
The aircraft was moving at a high speed even after landing on the runway on Wednesday.
Had it not halted due to the mound of mud in the adjacent fields, the aircraft would have hit the boundary wall of the airport leading to some major mishap.
22/07/11 Times of India

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