Wheels of aircraft replaced

Kanpur: An 11-member team of Air India continued the maintenance of the aircraft. The CRJ-700 flight had an abrupt landing at Chakeri Airport on Wednesday.
On Saturday, the wheels of the aircraft were replaced with the new ones. Several vital components were also changed in the aircraft. A senior Air India official said that these parts had been brought to Chakeri Airport from Delhi and Kolkata. Presently, the maintenance of the 70-seater aircraft was going on and possibly it would be flown to New Delhi on Monday for carrying out further tests.
It is expected that the maintenance work would continue on Sunday.
The aircraft skidded off the runway while landing at Chakeri Airport had and its wheels got stuck in the mud.
24/07/11 Times of India

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