An Passengers and crew onboard -- 183 in all -- the Air India Express flight were safely evacuated with the help of a step ladder. Nobody was hurt in the incident at the Mumbai airport.The last in the series of unfortunate incidents took place at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon.A SpiceJet flight from Pune nearly went off the runway after landing.
There was no injury to either the passengers or the crew," an airline spokesperson was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.Video footage of the plane accessed by Times Now showed that the landing gear was missing even as the plane suffered extensive damage.
The incidents prompted aviation watchdog DGCA to issue safety directions to airlines over the incidents of aircraft overshooting runways after landing.The first of the five incidents took place in Mangalore on Sunday. We are delighted to announce the new direct return flights from Mumbai airport. "On July 1, SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated flight SG 6237 from Jaipur to Mumbai. The incidents took place at the Mangalore, Surat, Kozhikode, Mumbai and Kolkata airports.The most serious of these accidents took place in Mumbai on Monday night when a SpiceJet passenger jet overshot the runway after landing, putting the city's main runway out of commission for several hours. There was heavy rain in Mumbai and the aircraft, after landing, overshot the runway. Passengers were deplaned normally. The accident has affected operations at the airport. Passengers were deplaned normally. Nobody was injured in the incident.Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) Spox: A 150 m length of ramp is being prepared to push an aircraft out of the grassy area. "On July 1, SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated flight SG 6237 from Jaipur to Mumbai.
Scary days for Indian commercial aviation refuse to end with five passenger jets now suffering minor incidents on the runway in the past three days. The incident, along with incessant rains in the city has resulted in several flights being diverted from Mumbai to Bengaluru and Ahmedabad.