Chartered flight crashes on runway at Mumbai airport

A chartered flight crashed on the runway during landing at the Mumbai airport on Thursday. Due to rain, the plane had slipped on the runway.
After this, a part of the plane broke into two pieces and caught fire. On getting information about the matter, the fire brigade team rushed to the spot and started extinguishing the fire. The plane was carrying 6 passengers and 2 crew members. 3 of them are
injured.
Spokesperson of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport said that VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating a flight from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai with 6 passengers and 2 crew members on board, veered off the runway at Mumbai International Airport. 3 persons were injured but no casualties were reported.
The aircraft was owned by an infrastructure company. It was carrying the passengers from Vishakhapatnam to Mumbai. The incident took place at around 5:02 pm on Thursday.
The aircraft was carrying eight people including six passengers, one from Denmark, and two crew members. Among the passengers Dhruv Kotak, Lars Sorensen, KK Krishnadas, Aakarsh Sethi, Arul Sali and Kamakshi were onboard the aircraft, which was being operated by pilots Sunil and Neil.
A total of five passengers, both pilots and one crew member have sustained superficial injuries and are being treated at Criticare Asia Hospital in Andheri East. Medical officials said the flyers are in a state of shock. The Mumbai airport was shut for operations to carry out inspection. It was later reopened after clearance from DGCA at 06:47 pm after all safety check were conducted. The debris near the runway has been cleared for smooth operations.

Vrushali Kadam- Parab

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