Mumbai: Flight operations at Mumbai remained affected on Saturday, as rain hampered the removal of the Turkish Airlines Airbus A340 aircraft, which veered off the main runway at the city airport yesterday. Mumbai airport's main runway had been shut after the incident.
The closure of the main runway, combined with low visibility, led to flight operations being suspended four times on Saturday. Six flights were diverted and arrivals and departures were delayed by over an hour. To add to the woes, a Spicejet Boeing 737 from Bangalore made an emergency landing on Saturday afternoon.
Continuing rain had made the task of removing the aircraft difficult. According to Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) sources, the task was expected to be completed late Saturday evening. Throughout Saturday, labourers were engaged in constructing a temporary pavement to enable the towing of the aircraft. However, that too, was adversely affected.
MIAL spokesperson Anindita Sinha said, "Around 200 manual labourers have been deputed, along with 34 engineers from Larsen & Toubro, MIAL and Turkish Airlines. MIAL's airside operations team and fire crew, with crash tenders and Forward Command Posts, are posted 24x7 to carry out the recovery work smoothly.
03/09/11 Business Standard
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