Tributes paid to 2010 Mangaluru air crash victims
Mangaluru (PTI): Tributes were paid to the 158 victims of the 2010 air crash in Mangaluru on the 13th anniversary of the tragedy on Monday.
At a function organised by the district administration at the air crash memorial at Kulur in the city, Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner M R Ravikumar, other officials and relatives of the victims offered floral tributes.
An Air India Express flight from Dubai that landed here on May 22, 2010 at around 6.20 AM had overshot the runway and plunged into a gorge, killing 158 people on board. Only eight persons survived in the crash.
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Air India flight from Mumbai makes 'priority' landing in Bhopal after snag; return leg cancelled
Bhopal (PTI): A Bhopal-bound Air India flight from Mumbai carrying 175 persons on board made a “priority” landing here on Sunday due to a snag, an airport official said.
The aircraft landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, he said.
Consequently, the return leg of the flight from Bhopal to Mumbai, with 178 passengers booked, was cancelled, the official said.
AAI-run Bhopal airport said in a statement that Air India flight AI 633 “reported a technical issue to Air Traffic Control (ATC) during the flight from Mumbai to Bhopal”.
Immediately, all prescribed safety protocols were activated, and seamless coordination was ensured between ATC, airline ground operations, CISF and airpiort fire and rescue team of Bhopal airport, it said in a statement.
The flight, carrying 175 persons, including 166 passengers and nine crew members, landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, the airport operator said.
All necessary assistance and support were extended by the airport and airline teams as per the requirements of the flight crew, it said.
“Due to the technical issue, the aircraft was declared unserviceable, and as a precautionary measure, the return flight AI-634 (Bhopal to Mumbai) was cancelled by the airline to facilitate detailed inspection and rectification,” the statement said.
