Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall: 2 lakh evacuated in Gujarat, 6 dead in Maharashtra
Cyclone Tauktae began making landfall on Gujarat s coast on Monday night. Two lakh people have been evacuated in Gujarat. Earlier in the day, six people in Maharashtra lost their lives to the storm.
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Severe cyclonic storm Tauktae has devastated the Konkan region of Maharashtra | Representative image from PTI
An extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae , with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour, began making landfall on Gujarat s Saurashtra coast near Diu on Monday night, after dumping heavy rains on Mumbai, forcing the evacuation of over 2 lakh people in Gujarat and leaving two barges with 410 people on board adrift in the Arabian Sea.
Mumbai, May 17
A very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour made landfall on the Gujarat coast on Monday night, after dumping heavy rain on Mumbai, forcing the evacuation of
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The aircraft made belly-landing at 9:09 pm, officials said.
Highlights
It was operating as an ambulance flight from Nagpur
Airport had foamed the runway to stop the aircraft from catching fire
Mumbai:
A day after an air ambulance made an emergency landing at Mumbai airport, a video of the Beechcraft VT-JIL aircraft carrying out a belly landing has emerged on social media.
In the video, which is over two minutes long, the Jet Serve Ambulance that was carrying two crew members, a patient and their relative, and a doctor is seen landing at 9:09 pm.
A screeching sound followed by sparks (due to friction as the airplane brushes the tarmac at high speed) can be seen before it comes to a grinding halt.
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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.