Mumbai: A Saudi Airlines Boeing plane arriving from Jeddah today suffered a tyre burst while exiting through the taxiway at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
All the passengers, however, escaped unhurt in the incident which happened early this morning , airport sources said. A taxiway is a path for aircraft, connecting runways with aprons, hangars, terminals and other
facilities.
It took almost an hour to tow away the Boeing 777-200 plane safely to the parking area, they said. Executives at the Saudi Airlines city office refused to comment or share any information on the incident.
According to sources, the flight SV 744 after landing was exiting through the runway when the pilot observed some smoke and reported the matter to the authorities.
06/01/16 PTI/mid-day
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All the passengers, however, escaped unhurt in the incident which happened early this morning , airport sources said. A taxiway is a path for aircraft, connecting runways with aprons, hangars, terminals and other
facilities.
It took almost an hour to tow away the Boeing 777-200 plane safely to the parking area, they said. Executives at the Saudi Airlines city office refused to comment or share any information on the incident.
According to sources, the flight SV 744 after landing was exiting through the runway when the pilot observed some smoke and reported the matter to the authorities.
06/01/16 PTI/mid-day
