Air India has just had an over run.... News just starting o break.
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cyrilroy21
20th Jul 2011, 09:55
Found it
An Air India plane, carrying 54 passengers, on Wednesday skidded off the runway after a tyre burst but no one was injured in the incident, airline sources said.
A tyre of the Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-700, operating with the call sign AI-9801, burst as soon as it touched down the IAF-controlled Chakeri airport here and skidded off the runway with the front wheels screeching to a stop in the muddy areas, the sources said here.
“Landed in Kanpur on AI. Emergency landing as plane skidded off runway into wet mud. Lucky save. Evacuations on now. Thank u god”, noted author Chetan Bhagat, who was travelling on the flight, tweeted immediately after the rough landing.
Some time later, Mr. Bhagat tweeted again: “The plane wheels are barely visible, dug deep into mud. Everyone’s out now. Rattled but safe. Thanks all for ur concern.”
The airline sources said no one was injured in the incident and added that the runway, operated by the air force, had a low width.
The aircraft was soon pulled back to the terminal building. While 52 of the 54 passengers were travelling to Kanpur, the rest of them were sent to Lucknow for their onward journey, the sources said.
The flight, launched about a month ago, operates from Delhi to Kolkata via Kanpur.
The Hindu : News / National : AI plane skids off runway after tyre burst (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2276502.ece)
bad_attitude
20th Jul 2011, 15:30
Incident: Air India Regional CRJ7 at Kanpur on Jul 20th 2011, overran runway on landing (http://avherald.com/h?article=43ff9c37&opt=0)
A380 Jockey
20th Jul 2011, 20:22
Its Alliance Air then....
Probably an unpaid disgruntled pilot.
:hmm:
captjns
21st Jul 2011, 01:40
Incident: Air India Regional CRJ7 at Kanpur on Jul 20th 2011, overran runway on landing (http://avherald.com/h?article=43ff9c37&opt=6912)
9,000 strip should be ample to stop a CRJ, on a wet runway with a bit of a tailwind, provided however the touchdown was within the touchdown zone on speed.