New Delhi: A British Airways aircraft operating a flight to London rejected take-off within seconds of rolling from Mumbai airport runway on Saturday.
All passengers on board are safe, said a source. The pilots aborted take off following a problem with the left engine. Fire engines were rushed to the runway area. According to a source: "The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft operating flight BA-134 had commenced the take off roll from runway 09 around 1:00 pm and had touched a speed of about 150 kmph when the pilots decided to abort the take off and aircraft came to a halt, only to exit the runway through a taxi track."
Bharat Vasani, partner of leading law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, who was travelling on board BA134 to London to meet his daughter said: "The aircraft suffered violent jerks. It aborted take off at the eleventh hour on the runway. The commander announced that it was due to a technical problem with the left engine. No one is hurt."
"We boarded at 11:30 am. We’ve been inside the aircraft for over three hours now. There has been no clear announcement,’’ he added.
The engines were shut off and passengers said that no meals have been served since they boarded.
12/10/19 Manju V/Times of India
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All passengers on board are safe, said a source. The pilots aborted take off following a problem with the left engine. Fire engines were rushed to the runway area. According to a source: "The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft operating flight BA-134 had commenced the take off roll from runway 09 around 1:00 pm and had touched a speed of about 150 kmph when the pilots decided to abort the take off and aircraft came to a halt, only to exit the runway through a taxi track."
Bharat Vasani, partner of leading law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, who was travelling on board BA134 to London to meet his daughter said: "The aircraft suffered violent jerks. It aborted take off at the eleventh hour on the runway. The commander announced that it was due to a technical problem with the left engine. No one is hurt."
"We boarded at 11:30 am. We’ve been inside the aircraft for over three hours now. There has been no clear announcement,’’ he added.
The engines were shut off and passengers said that no meals have been served since they boarded.
12/10/19 Manju V/Times of India
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