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AI plane suffers tyre burst at Srinagar, all safe
Srinagar, June 15
Passengers of a
Jammu-Srinagar Air India flight had a narrow escape on Monday when a
tyre burst during landing at Srinagar international airport, officials
said.
The over-150 passengers and crew on board are safe, officials told IANS.
The
aircraft came to rest in the middle of the airport's only runway, which
has suffered some damage, resulting in a temporary halt to all flight
operations, sources said.
All flights departing from Srinagar will be delayed, while arriving flights have been diverted to the Chandigarh airport.
"Air
India fight AI821 suffered a tyre burst on landing at Srinagar today
(Monday). The flight had 149 passengers on board. All passengers are
safe," the national carrier said in a statement.
"Air India is
working to clear the runway at the earliest and a relief aircraft is
ready to reach Srinagar to operate AI822 on the return sector
Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi," it added.