Mangaluru: 50-year old truck driver dies after container falls on his truck at NMPT harbor
Mangaluru: A 50-year old truck driver died on the spot after a heavy container fell on his truck at the NMPT harbor here on late Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Vinod Poojary, a resident of Vamanjoor.
According to the reports the incident took place when the Vinod was transporting the container after loading it on his truck, but the container slipped and rolled into the cabin of truck when he applied brakes of the vehicle killing Vinod on the spot.
Reports also suggest that the safety lock for the trailer of the vehicle when the incident took place and the tragedy could have been averted if safety lock was in place.
The body of Vinod has been shifted to a hospital in the city.
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Bengaluru-bound Air India flight makes emergency landing in TN's Tiruchirappally
Tiruchirappalli (PTI): A Bengaluru bound Air India Express flight with about 137 passengers made an "emergency landing," here following a technical glitch, sources at the airport said.
The Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru service suffered the glitch mid-air, following which it made the safe landing here, the sources added.
All the passengers disembarked the flight and the technical crew was attending to the fault.
An Air India Express spokesperson said the flight "was diverted to Tiruchirappalli due to a technical issue."
"A replacement aircraft is being organised to operate the flight to Bengaluru. We are providing all administrative arrangements and regret the inconvenience caused to the travel schedule (of passengers)," the spokesperson added.
