Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:18:04 AM (IST)
Daijiworld Media Network
Panaji, Sep 6: In yet another incident of an aircraft coming close to a major tragedy, an Air India flight from Kuwait to Goa burst two of its tires while landing at the airport here on Tuesday September 6.
The aircraft is yet to be cleared off the runway. All 105 passengers on board are safe, sources said.
This is one of several incidents of close shaves reported over the last few days from different airports. Over the past week or so, there have been three emergency landings and two incidents of aircraft veering off the runway.
On Saturday September 3 a Mumbai-bound SpiceJet flight carrying 136 passengers from Bangalore made an emergency landing in Mumbai airport following hydraulic failure.
On August 30, Chennai-Bangalore-Thiruvananthapuram Air India flight had to land in an emergency situation at Thiruvananthapuram for the same reason, and the very next day, a Jeddah-Mumbai flight was in a similar situation at Mumbai airport.
On Friday September 2, a Turkish Airlines flight also veered off Mumbai airport's taxiway, with no casualties reported.
At Kochi airport, a Gulf Air flight skid off the runway on August 30, injuring seven and damaging the flight.
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