Mumbai: Chaos descended on Mumbai airport on Saturday as incessant rains, an emergency landing, and an inoperable main runway caused serial delays of international and domestic flights.
The main runway of Mumbai airport was closed after a Turkish Airlines plane got stuck in the mud while landing on Friday. It was supposed to have become operational by 5pm Saturday. But heavy rains rendered the retrieval of the aircraft more difficult, keeping the main runway unavailable till 11pm. “Continuous rain is leading to an even more slushy ground, and restricting the movement ofmachinery,” said a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson. When reports last came in, only the secondary runway was being used. Fliers will have to bear with delays till Sunday morning, said MIAL officials.
If domestic flyers had to put up with delays, flyers of international airlines like Singapore Airlines and Continental Airlines had to deal with flight cancellations.
“Singapore Airlines have rescheduled both their arrivals and departure for Saturday while Continental has cancelled its departure,” said an official from Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL).
This was because these airlines have huge aircraft and they do not use the secondary runway for their operations due to safety reasons
04/08/11 Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis
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