Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Emirates flight with 278 passengers makes emergency landing #aviation #news

An Airbus 330-200 aircraft of Emirates with 278 passengers bound for Dubai made an emergency landing here, 45 minutes after it took from Thiruvananthapuram international airport on Tuesday morning following a technical snag.

The EK 523 flight, which took from the international airport at 5:08 a.m., returned back and landed safely at 5:53 a.m. under full emergency measures, a top airport official said.

All the passengers are safe and the aircraft had been grounded. Former Union Minister for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor and his wife, Sunanda Pushkar were among the passengers who were in the flight that was to depart from here at 4:35 a.m. They had been shifted to a hotel in the capital along with other passengers.

Airport sources said the pilot detected a snag in the undercarriage of the aircraft after it took off from here. Initially, it was decided to divert the flight to Mumbai. But, as the aircraft was close to Kochi it was decided not to take any risk and to bring the aircraft to Thiruvananthapuram international airport.

The airline is ferrying a relief aircraft to Thiruvanthapuram to fly the stranded passengers. The flight EK 7007 is expected to reach here on Tuesday afternoon and return at 2.30 p.m..


Read more at Aviation News http://www.thehindu.com/

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