PTI, HYDERABAD: Confusion prevailed at the airport here in the early hours today following diversion and cancellation of some flights at the international airport here after an Indigo plane suffered “multiple tyre bursts.”
The aircraft coming from the temple town of Tirupati with 77 people on board suffered multiple tyre bursts while landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport last night.
All the 73 passengers including an infant were evacuated safely, the airline said. Reacting to the incident, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) in a statement tonight said “On March 28,
2018, Indigo flight 6E 7117 from Tirupati to Hyderabad suffered multiple tyre bursts at 2204 hours while landing at Hyderabad International Airport.”
Since all four main gear wheels burst on landing, the aircraft was rendered completely immobile, GHIAL, which operates the Rajiv Gandhi International airport, said. Indigo team supported by Hyderabad Airport officials changed two of the four tyres as per airline Disabled Aircraft Recovery Plan, post which the aircraft was safely towed away and operations resumed at 0222 hours of March 29, it said.
The incident caused diversion of 31 incoming flights (10 International and 21 Domestic flights) besides cancellation of 14 domestic flights from the airport, it said. Due to diversion of flights, other passengers faced inconvenience. “The runway was non-operational for close to four hours from last night to 2.22 am of today,” the sources at the airport said.
