DGCA to audit operator over air ambulance belly-landing at Mumbai airport
DGCA to audit operator over air ambulance belly-landing at Mumbai airport
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will conduct an audit of Jet Serve Aviation Private Limited, whose aircraft belly-landed at Mumbai International Airport on Thursday after losing one of its wheels.
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UPDATED: May 8, 2021 00:48 IST
A chartered plane belly-landed at the Mumbai airport after losing one of its wheels (Picture Credits: Twitter/@HardeepSPuri)
Aviation regulator DGCA will conduct an audit of Jet Serve Aviation Private Limited whose aircraft belly-landed at the Mumbai airport after losing one of its wheels, officials said on Friday.
Aviation Regulator To Audit Operator After Air Ambulance Belly-Lands At Mumbai Aviation Regulator To Audit Operator After Air Ambulance Belly-Lands At Mumbai The air ambulance flight headed for Mumbai lost a wheel while taking off from the Nagpur airport on Thursday. It safely belly-landed at the Mumbai airport on a foam carpet later, said officials.
The air ambulance safely belly-landed at the Mumbai airport on a foam carpet
New Delhi:
Aviation regulator DGCA will conduct an audit of Jet Serve Aviation Private Limited whose aircraft belly-landed at the Mumbai airport after losing one of its wheels, officials said on Friday.
Highlights
5 people were onboard the chartered plane
The CSMIA foamed runway 27 in order to avoid the aircraft catching fire
Mumbai: A chartered plane carrying five people, including a patient and a doctor, landed on its belly at Mumbai airport late Thursday (May 6) evening after declaring a full emergency, with the airport authorities foaming the runway to avoid the plane catching fire. All passengers were evacuated safely after belly-landing of the plane, which was flying from Nagpur to Hyderabad, according to the Mumbai airport. The non-scheduled Beechcraft was diverted to Mumbai after declaring full emergency due to a technical snag.
While it could not be independently confirmed, reports said that a wheel of the aircraft came off soon after taking off from Nagpur. Pictures of the plane landing on the foamed runway were also doing the rounds on social media.
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An air ambulance carrying five people, including a patient and a doctor, landed on its belly at Mumbai airport late Thursday evening after declaring a full emergency, with the airport authorities foaming the runway to avoid the plane catching fire.
A full emergency was declared for the non-scheduled Beechcraft flight.
Air Ambulance Lands On Belly At Mumbai Airport After Landing Gear Fails Air Ambulance Lands On Belly At Mumbai Airport After Landing Gear Fails All passengers were evacuated safely and flights operating in and out of the Mumbai airport remain on schedule.
The plane made an emergency landing at 9:09 pm.
Mumbai:
An air ambulance made an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport on Thursday after losing a wheel during take-off from Nagpur.
The Beechcraft VT-JIL aircraft on the way from Nagpur to Hyderabad declared a full emergency and made a belly-landing at 9:09 pm, authorities said.
The flight carrying two crew members, a patient, a relative and a doctor was diverted to Mumbai s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after it reported the technical snag.