Bhubaneswar: Around 150 passengers on board an Air India (AI 075) Delhi-Bhubaneswar flight had a miraculous escape after one of the rear tyres of a wheel got punctured while landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on Wednesday afternoon. All the passengers are safe, airport sources said.
The aircraft was grounded as it was unable to take off for the return flight to Delhi, which was scheduled at 2.15 pm. "The technical crew detected the puncture in the tyre during routine inspection before the return flight. It may have happened during landing but the technical team found it minutes before preparing to leave the airport," airport director R Mahalingam told TOI. Soon after the snag was detected, the Delhi-bound passengers were off loaded.
"It was not an emergency landing as the problem didn't cause landing difficulties," said the director.
Sources said neither the pilots, other cabin crew and passengers got inkling of the tyre being punctured on the runway.
Air India sources said since it required replacement of the punctured tyre, the passengers were asked to wait till another spe cial flight come and the tyre is replaced.
03/08/16 Riyan Ramanath V/Times of India
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The aircraft was grounded as it was unable to take off for the return flight to Delhi, which was scheduled at 2.15 pm. "The technical crew detected the puncture in the tyre during routine inspection before the return flight. It may have happened during landing but the technical team found it minutes before preparing to leave the airport," airport director R Mahalingam told TOI. Soon after the snag was detected, the Delhi-bound passengers were off loaded.
"It was not an emergency landing as the problem didn't cause landing difficulties," said the director.
Sources said neither the pilots, other cabin crew and passengers got inkling of the tyre being punctured on the runway.
Air India sources said since it required replacement of the punctured tyre, the passengers were asked to wait till another spe cial flight come and the tyre is replaced.
03/08/16 Riyan Ramanath V/Times of India
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