By Joseph George
Published Sunday, December 09, 2012
Passengers of an Air India flight from Kozhikode in Kerala to Sharjah, UAE, had a miraculous escape following a freak accident.
The
Airbus A321 fight had to be flown back to the Kozhikode airport for an
emergency landing immediately after takeoff at around 8.15pm on
Saturday.
Passengers on board told Emirates 24l7 that the
aircraft started vibrating as soon as it took off from the runway,
followed by sparks from one of the wings.
“There was panic within
the flight. I was seated on the right side and saw the sparks from the
winds. We were even able to smell something burning. Soon the air
condition inside he flight went off, ” said Samir MP one of the
passengers.
Immediately after sensing the trouble, the pilot sent
out an alert to the Air Traffic Control, and an alert was sounded and
preparations were made for the emergency landing.
“We were later told that the pilot was even asked to land the flight in the sea in case of fire,” added Samir.
Usually
the blades get damaged due to a bird-hit but according to officials
there were no signs of a bird hit and investigations are on to ascertain
what led to the incident. The flight was travelling with 168 passengers
and was scheduled to land in Sharjah at around 10.45pm.
Passengers
meanwhile have complained that they were not provided with any
additional facilities after the flight landed at Kozhikode airport.
“We
were expecting them to put us up at a hotel. At least the women and
children should have been taken care of. Instead the airline staff told
us that we would be flying in another aircraft scheduled for departure
at 12pm. They then said we would fly at 4:40am. An Air India Express
fight finally took us to Sharjah at 5:40am,” added another passenger.
Article: http://www.emirates247.com
Air India: http://www.airindia.com
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