A charter aircraft with a total of eight people on board suffered a runway excursion at Mumbai airport on Thursday. All eight persons including the pilot and co-pilot, 1 crew member and 5 passengers were hospitalised.
As per officials, the aircraft skidded off the runway and crashed at the domestic airport during landing.
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the visibility was 700m with heavy rain at the time of the incident around 5 pm. There were six passengers and two crew members on board VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating flight from Vishakhapatnam to Mumbai.
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No casualties have been reported. Three injured people have been hospitalised.
Runway operations at the airport, which were put on hold for some time, have now resumed.
A Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) spokesperson said, “On 14.09.2023, M/s VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating flight from Vizag to Mumbai with 06 passengers and 02 crew members on board, veered off the runway at Mumbai International Airport. The incident occurred at approximately 17:08 PM today. There are no casualties. CSMIA’s airside team is on-ground to assist with the clearance on-site.”
Further details are awaited.
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