Stranded plane delays six others

Chennai: Six flights had to circle over the city for nearly 20 minutes on Tuesday after a snag-hit defence plane was stuck on the main runway of Chennai airport. Four flights ready for departure were also delayed. Flight operations at the airport came to a standstill for nearly half an hour from noon.
Sources said the nose wheel of the Coast Guard plane got jammed and the plane could not vacate the runway soon after landing around noon.
"As the plane was stuck we had to tell pilots of incoming flights to go around and circle till the aircraft was removed from the runway. Four departures were also delayed. All passengers were aboard and the planes were ready for departure," said an airport official.
13/06/12 Times of India

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Categories: airports Jun 2012