According to DGCA, the aircraft had skidded off the runway due to poor visibility following heavy rain. The flight was carrying six passengers and two crew members during the incident.
After a chartered flight from Vishakhapattnam veered off the runway while landing at the Mumbai airport on Thursday amid heavy rains,바카라 웹사이트all the eight people, who were onboard, have been hospitalised with injuries, according to an official at the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
It has been reported that, following the incident at little past 17:00 hours, both runways at the Mumbai airport were shut for a brief period, and one of the runways resumed operations at around 18:47 hours.
“VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating flight from Vizag to Mumbai was involved in runway excursion (veer off) while landing on runway 27 at Mumbai airport,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.
According to DGCA,바카라 웹사이트the aircraft had skidded off the runway due to poor visibility following heavy rain.
The regulator also said the visibility at the time of the incident was 700 metres with heavy rains.
According to Mumbai Police,바카라 웹사이트the eight injured include a woman, and the pilot and co-pilot of the aircraft.바카라 웹사이트
One of the passengers is a Danish citizen, according to a police source.바카라 웹사이트
In a statement, Mumbai airport said the incident occurred at approximately 1708 hours.
"There are no casualties. CSMIA's (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) airside team is on-ground to assist with the clearance on-site," it added.
The runway 27 is now open for operations post DGCA and ATC clearance at 1847 hours, one of the officials said.바카라 웹사이트
An AAI official said that the flight operations at the airport remained shut for about one hour and 45 minutes before one runway was made functional. During this period, a number of flights were diverted to other airports.바카라 웹사이트