Wednesday, May 01, 2019

Operations at Shirdi airport likely to resume today after SpiceJet flight overshoots runway

Mumbai: The operations at the Shirdi airport which was suspended Monday after a SpiceJet flight from New Delhi overshot the runway while landing, is expected to resume Wednesday morning, airport director Dhiren Bhosale said.

After the incident, the aircraft was stuck at the runway and authorities had been struggling to remove it and restart the operations.

The Boeing 737 aircraft has been retrieved from the runway and teams from the aviation regulator DGCA and airline are carrying out a thorough inspection of the plane to assess damages to the plane, Bhosale told PTI.

A Boeing 737 aircraft operated by budget carrier SpiceJet on Monday evening landed some 50 meters away from the touch down point, and veered off the runway while landing at the Shirdi airport, forcing the authorities to shut all operations.

"We have towed away the plane which was stuck on the runway. We are expecting to recommence normal operations from Wednesday morning," Bhosale said.
01/05/19 PTI/First Post
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