Trujet plane makes emergency landing at Chennai airport; passengers safe
Chennai: An aircraft belonging to Trujet airline bound for Mysore from Belgaum last night made an emergency landing at the airport here due to a landing gear issue and got stuck on the main runway, authorities said on Tuesday.
However, there were no casualties nor was anyone injured in the incident.
The 52 passengers, including five crew members and an infant, were safely evacuated from the runway itself, a PIB release said.
The aircraft, which left Belgaum for Mysore, was diverted to Chennai due to a 'landing gear issue', it said.
The plane, which safely landed at the main runway here, could not be further taxied on its own as the landing gear got stuck.
"Aircraft landed at Chennai Airport at 2108 hours and could not taxi off its own and stopped on the main runway", the release said.
Later the aircraft was towed to the parking bay, it said.
With the plane getting stuck on the main runway, the secondary runway was put into operation at the airport and as many as nine flights safely landed using it.
After an hour of the incident, the main runway resumed operation.
A Boeing 787 aircraft, which requires the main runway for landing purposes, was diverted to Bengaluru due to the incident, the release said.
The airport emergency response team was deployed immediately to avert any incident and were swift to act upon touchdown of the aircraft, the release said.
Meanwhile, photographs of the damaged landing gear went viral on various social media platforms.
Trujet did not respond to an email sent by PTI seeking clarifications on the incident.
Officials of Trujet also did not respond to messages sent to them.
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Spurious ointment racket busted; Delhi Police recovers material worth Rs 2 crore from Ghaziabad unit
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has busted a major interstate racket allegedly involved in the manufacture, repackaging and nationwide sale of spurious Schedule-H medicines, an official said on Sunday.
Police have also located a manufacturing unit and seized counterfeit drugs and raw material worth over Rs 2.3 crore.
According to the police, two men -- Gaurav Bhagat, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, and Shree Ram alias Vishal Gupta of northeast Delhi's Sabhapur -- have been arrested in the case, he said.
"The operation was carried out by the Crime Branch. The accused were engaged in producing and selling counterfeit versions of popular prescription ointments, including Betnovate-C and Clop-G, which are widely used for treating skin infections, allergies and sports-related injuries," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Aditya Gautam said in a statement.
The officer further said the spurious medicines were sold as genuine branded products, posing a serious risk to public health.
Acting on inputs, the Crime Branch team first conducted a raid at Teliwara in Sadar Bazar, one of the country's largest wholesale pharmaceutical and cosmetic markets.
"During the raid, a large quantity of counterfeit Schedule-H ointments was recovered. Subsequent technical analysis and follow-up intelligence led the team to a manufacturing unit operating from Meerpur Hindu village in the Loni area of Ghaziabad.
"A search of the premises resulted in the recovery of counterfeit medicines, huge quantities of raw chemicals, packing material, empty tubes bearing forged brand labels and machinery used for mixing, filling and sealing ointments," the DCP said.
He further said drug inspectors from the North and Central Zones of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, along with authorised representatives of the concerned pharmaceutical companies, conducted spot inspections and drew samples from the seized stock. They confirmed that the medicines were counterfeit and neither manufactured nor supplied by their companies.
The accused were also found to be operating without any valid licence to manufacture, store or sell pharmaceutical products, he added.
Police said that an FIR was registered at the Crime Branch police station on December 12 under various sections of the BNS and provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
"The seized material included around 1,200 tubes of spurious Betnovate-C ointment, over 2,700 tubes of fake Clop-G, more than 3,700 tubes of spurious Skin-Shine ointment, nearly 22,000 empty fake Clop-G tubes, over 350 kilograms of semi-prepared ointment, besides chemicals and manufacturing equipment," the DCP said.
He said further investigation is underway to trace the entire supply chain, including wholesalers, distributors, delivery handlers and retailers involved in the illegal trade.
