Mumbai: A Johannesburg-bound South African Airways flight, scheduled to depart in the wee hours on Thursday from Mumbai international airport, was grounded after a tyre of the pushback vehicle (used to bring the aircraft till the runway) burst. Splinters from the vehicle hit the nose light of the aircraft, damaging it.
The incident took place at 1.38 am, when flight SA-285, carrying 185 passengers and 13 crew members, was scheduled to take off. Passengers allege that they were not informed about the incident for a long time. “After they finally told us what happened, we hoped that the aircraft would be repaired and we would finally leave after some time, but no such thing happened,” said a passenger. It took almost five hours for passengers to complete the de-boarding formalities, after which they remained in the terminal till 9 am.
14/11/14 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
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The incident took place at 1.38 am, when flight SA-285, carrying 185 passengers and 13 crew members, was scheduled to take off. Passengers allege that they were not informed about the incident for a long time. “After they finally told us what happened, we hoped that the aircraft would be repaired and we would finally leave after some time, but no such thing happened,” said a passenger. It took almost five hours for passengers to complete the de-boarding formalities, after which they remained in the terminal till 9 am.
14/11/14 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
