Gold worth Rs 27 lakh seized in Mangaluru airport
Mangaluru, Jan 17: In two separate incidents, the customs officials recovered gold worth Rs 27,56,436 from passengers at Mangaluru international airport on Thursday.
The accused has been identified as Abubakar Muhammad (46).
Gold worth Rs 9.80 lakh was found in the inner wear of the passenger who travelled from Dubai in Air India flight. The gold was kept as a paste using chemical.
In another incident, the Customs officials found 549.121 gram gold in Spicejet flight arrived from Dubai. When the officials checked the flight after the passengers alighted, they found the gold which was in paste form, official sources said.
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Pune airport runway restored after IAF aircraft snag; ops resume
Pune (PTI): The runway at Pune airport, which was temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft, has now been restored and declared operational, the Air Force said on Saturday.
The authorities at the Pune International Airport had earlier said that around 10.25 pm on Friday, a fighter aircraft experienced an undercarriage failure during landing, causing the runway to be blocked.
As many as 91 flights of airlines, including IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet, Akasa, and Air India Express, were affected due to the incident, they said.
Earlier on Friday night, the Air Force had stated that the runway at Pune airport was temporarily unavailable following an incident involving one of its fighter aircraft. The aircrew are safe, and there is no damage to civil property, it had said.
"The runway at Pune Airport, which was temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an Indian Air Force aircraft, has now been restored and declared operational. All necessary safety inspections and clearances have been completed. Operations are resuming in a phased manner," it said in a post on X.
Flight operations at Pune airport are being gradually restored. The situation has been brought under control with the highest priority given to the safety of citizens, a Defence PRO said.
