Mumbai | At least three persons were injured after a private business aircraft with six passengers and two crew flying from Vizag to Mumbai skidded off the runway and crash-landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, officials said here on Thursday. Cctv footage of charter flight skid on runway 27 at mumbai international airport. […]
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Blown by strong winds stepladder rams into plane in Mumbai
Mumbai: An aircraft belonging to a private airline suffered damage when a stepladder was detached from its parked position due to heavy winds blowing at Mumbai Airport, here on Saturday morning, officials said. The incident happened around 7.30 a.m. when the stepladder belonging to SpiceJet, parked at stand C87 suddenly got detached due to heavy […]
Runway excursion at Mumbai Airport: Nisarga suspends all flights
Mumbai: A FedEx cargo flight arriving from Bengaluru was involved in a runway excursion on Wednesday afternoon following which all flights at Mumbai Airport have been suspended, officials said. The incident occurred when the MD11 aircraft landed on the runway 14/32 Wednesday afternoon. Later, the aircraft was towed away from the runway but there were no […]
Irrfan had ‘successful surgery’ in London, actor’s office informs
Mumbai: Actor Irrfan Khan has undergone “a successful surgery” in London, his spokesperson said on Saturday evening. Speculations were rife in the afternoon after pictures and videos of the actor leaving Mumbai airport in wheelchair went viral since Friday night. Giving update about Irrfan’s health, his spokeperson issued a statement. “Irrfan had a successful surgery […]
Irrfan Khan spotted at Mumbai airport in wheelchair
Mumbai: Irrfan Khan arrived in Mumbai from an overseas shoot on Friday, seated on a wheelchair. The actor was spotted at Mumbai airport when he returned after shooting for his upcoming film “Angrezi Medium” in Londo. Videos and pictures doing the rounds on the Internet show that the actor is hiding his face as he […]
After 90 hrs, Mumbai airport resumes normal operations
Mumbai: After remaining blocked for over 90 hours, the main runway of Mumbai International Airport was re-opened for operations, signalling normal services from around 4.45 p.m. on Friday, an official spokesperson said. Shortly before midnight on Monday, the main runway 09/27 (3.66-km-long) had been blocked after a SpiceJet aircraft from Jaipur overshot the runway while […]
Spicejet plane overshoots Mumbai airport runway
Mumbai: A Spicejet flight from Jaipur overshot the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, while landing here late on Monday, official sources said. The incident occurred when the flight SG-6237, a Boeing aircraft, arrived and landed here around 11.51 pm, as Mumbai was lashed by heavy rains. Airport officials helped the passengers deplane and […]
Hijack threat to Air India plane, security beefed up at Mumbai airport
Mumbai : Security at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here was tightened following a threat to hijack an Air India aircraft, officials said on Saturday. A call, early this morning to the AI Operation Control Centre at the Mumbai airport, threatened to hijack an aircraft and take it to Pakistan, after which the authorities […]
Owl found in Jet plane cockpit at Mumbai airport
Mumbai : A wide-eyed owl found its way into the cockpit of a Jet Airways Boeing 777 that was parked for the night at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, officials said on Monday. The nocturnal bird was discovered when some airline staffers entered the aircraft this morning to prepare it for the day’s flight operations. […]
Mumbai airport eliminates ‘boarding pass stamping’ for domestic airlines
Mumbai : The Mumbai Airport has introduced Digi-Yatra, a technology-driven initiative that eliminates ‘boarding pas stamping’ for all domestic airlines operating out of Terminal 2 here, an official said on Monday. This makes the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport the first in the country to introduce the latest technology, proposed by the Bureau of Civil […]