A team of 11 Air India engineers from the city specially trained in damaged aircraft recovery are working against the clock in a critical operation to salvage a Turkish Airlines Airbus A-330, which has been blocking a runway since Thursday at Nepal's only international airport after skidding off it.
On Nepal's request, an IAF C-130J Super Hercules aircraft reached Kathmandu airport on Thursday with 25 technical personnel including the engineers and a 7.5-tonne Damaged Aircraft Recovery Kit (DARK). The team led by Assistant GM (Engineering) S Ramaswamy is from Air India's facility in Kalina and the only one of its kind in southeast Asia.
Airport officials said AI's engineering team first approached the collapsed front portion of the damaged plane. "The nose gear had collapsed during landing. Inflatable tubes were pushed below the aircraft body, and the equipment was manoeuvred to ensure the aircraft easily slid over them without damage to the airframe or its components," TIA chief Birendra Shrestha said. He added that the aircraft's wheels have been damaged and would have to be replaced before it can be towed.
07/05/15 Aditya Anand/Mumbai Mirror
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On Nepal's request, an IAF C-130J Super Hercules aircraft reached Kathmandu airport on Thursday with 25 technical personnel including the engineers and a 7.5-tonne Damaged Aircraft Recovery Kit (DARK). The team led by Assistant GM (Engineering) S Ramaswamy is from Air India's facility in Kalina and the only one of its kind in southeast Asia.
Airport officials said AI's engineering team first approached the collapsed front portion of the damaged plane. "The nose gear had collapsed during landing. Inflatable tubes were pushed below the aircraft body, and the equipment was manoeuvred to ensure the aircraft easily slid over them without damage to the airframe or its components," TIA chief Birendra Shrestha said. He added that the aircraft's wheels have been damaged and would have to be replaced before it can be towed.
07/05/15 Aditya Anand/Mumbai Mirror
