In a rare double whammy and twin close shaves for passengers, a 20-year-old Airbus A-320 of Air India (domestic) suffered a major snag each while landing at the critical runways of Jammu and Srinagar on Monday. The aircraft was doing Delhi-Jammu-Srinagar (AI 821) and return flight when it suffered serious hydraulic and braking issues and had to be finally grounded in Srinagar
The first sign of trouble came after landing at the critically short Jammu runway. The reverse thrust of one engine failed. While the aircraft then faced control issues — with one engine's reverse thrust trying to slow the plane and the other not — it stopped safely.
On landing in snowed-in Srinagar airport, the hydraulics of the aircraft failed and the reverse thrust of the other engine also became non-functional. Hydraulic failure meant that the aircraft then had serious steering, flight control and braking issues. Luckily for flyers, the experienced pilots managed to stop the plane safely on the slippery runway and averted a crisis.
20/01/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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The first sign of trouble came after landing at the critically short Jammu runway. The reverse thrust of one engine failed. While the aircraft then faced control issues — with one engine's reverse thrust trying to slow the plane and the other not — it stopped safely.
On landing in snowed-in Srinagar airport, the hydraulics of the aircraft failed and the reverse thrust of the other engine also became non-functional. Hydraulic failure meant that the aircraft then had serious steering, flight control and braking issues. Luckily for flyers, the experienced pilots managed to stop the plane safely on the slippery runway and averted a crisis.
20/01/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
