Full emergency declared at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): A full emergency was declared at the International Airport here on Friday after a Dammam-bound flight from Calicut was diverted to the state capital due to suspected hydraulic failure.
The fight landed at the airport at 12.15 PM, according to airport sources.
The sources said the tail part of the Air-India Express IX 385, carrying 182 passengers, hit the runway during take-off from the Calicut international Airport in the morning.
The flight landed at the airport after dumping fuel over the Arabian Sea to facilitate safe landing, the sources told PTI.
The airport management declared a full emergency.
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20 people killed in fire at nursing home in China
Beijing (PTI): Twenty people were killed in a fire at a nursing home in north China's Hebei province, local officials said on Wednesday.
The blaze broke out around 9 pm on Tuesday in Longhua county, Chengde city.
As of early Wednesday, a total of 20 people were confirmed dead, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported citing local officials.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, the report said.
