Delayed touchdown led to plane crossing runway at Kanpur: DGCA

New Delhi: Delayed touchdown, caused by bad weather and a wet runway, was the prime reason for an Alliance Air plane to overshoot the runway at Kanpur's Chakeri airport last year, a DGCA probe has found.
None among the 55 passengers or four crew members on board the Canadian Regional Jet CRJ-700 were hurt when the plane crossed the runway and rolled over into the soft ground.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, after an inquiry into the July 20, 2011 incident, said the aircraft hovered over for about 20 minutes as air traffic control (ATC) reported thunderstorm and high-speed winds.
Once ATC clearance was granted as the weather improved,
While landing, the aircraft floated on the 9,000 feet runway due to heavy cross and tail winds and made a delayed touchdown past the centre-marker on the wet runway. Thereafter, it overshot the overrun area and entered the soft ground, the report said.
26/05/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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