AI flight makes emergency landing in Salalah

Muscat: Budget airline plane from India reportedly made an emergency landing at Salalah airport yesterday morning due to technical snag.
The Air India (A-I) Express flight from the south Indian state of Kerala, with nearly 150 passengers on board, made ‘emergency landing’ at one end of the runways and was towed to the remote bay.
The passengers were later transported from the remote bay to the terminal. The flight, which was scheduled to return to India yesterday itself at 12:50pm, has been cancelled.
One of the passengers travelling in the aircraft told Times of Oman that the ACs were switched off an hour before the emergency landing and an announcement was made that the plane was going to make a “risky landing”.
An Air India official in Oman confirmed that some technical problems had occurred to the flight.
Meanwhile, Salalah airport officials were ready with all kinds of safety measures to meet any kind of emergency situation. Fire engines, water tankers, ambulances and a well-equipped emergency team were present at the scene.
“A few minutes before the landing, we were alerted by the crew about the situation. There was a little trouble during the landing,” Ashraf, a passenger of the flight, told Times of Oman.
17/09/11 Rejimon K/Times of Oman

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