A Kingfisher Airlines ATR 72-500 has reportedly crashlanded at Bangalore International Airport. There are no casualties reported yet. 2 Passengers have been injured. The main runway on the Bangalore airport is blocked and all flight operations are suspended for now. The flight was IT 2427 travelling from Bangalore-Hyderabad evening flight.
Reports indicate that while taking off, the aircraft hit an animal which caused the front tyre assembly to collapse. This resulted in the aircraft skidding on the runway finally stopping midway in the runway. The authroities have evacuated all 29 passengers on board. The Flight operations are closed temporarily for a period of 2 hours. All incoming flights are being diverted to nearby airports.
“This resulted in the airport skidding on the runway finally stopping midway in the runway. ”
correction: Isnt it aicraft skidding?
Thank you for pointing the error out
It happened dring takeoff, so how can you say it crash landed? , it had not even left the runway. Also you say there were no casualties but then the next line reads there was 2 injured passengers.
definition of casualty——-
casualty
noun
1. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
2. someone injured or killed in an accident
3. an accident that causes someone to die [syn: fatal accident]
4. a decrease of military personnel or equipment
this incident shows the total carelessness of the airport authorities…it is the warning issues to happen in future so i think it is their responsibility to look after their passengers safteiness.
we all see tight security checks for passenges till they proceed for boarding. But it seems that there is no such security that can avoid an “animal” reaching the runway. Just like when an animal can pass through the fences, it is possible that somebody more intelligent with bad intensions in mind can break the fences and put roadblocks on the runway that might cause great casualties.