South African airline plane tyre burst inconveniences fliers

Passengers travelling on South African Airlines to Johannesburg had to face a lot of inconvenience after a tyre of the aircraft burst while taxing towards the runway minutes before take-off at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Aiport in the wee hours of Thursday.

Sources said the incident happened on flight SA285 around 1.35am, when they heard a huge blast while the plane was on its way to the runway.

"There was a big blast moments after the airplane started moving towards the runway. We were told that one of the tyres had gotten punctured. We thanked our stars that it didn't happen while it was on the runway for take-off," said Dr Narendra Shah, eye surgeon from Bombay Hospital, and one of the passengers.

Windshield Of Chennai-bound IndiGo Flight Cracks Mid-air

Nearly 120 passengers and crew members on a Chennai-bound IndiGo Airlines flight (6E512) from Bhubaneswar had a narrow escape on Wednesday (June 25) after the windscreen of its cockpit suffered severe damage mid-air. Ice crystals in the atmosphere and mid-air turbulence reportedly caused the damage.

The flight made a safe landing at the airport in Visakhapatnam and all the passengers and crew members on board are safe. About 70 Chennai-bound passengers were stranded there for over three hours.

Air India jet hit by truck at US airport, damaged

New Delhi:  An Air India aircraft was hit by a catering truck at Newark airport in the US on Wednesday evening. The Boeing 777-300ER (extended range) was being prepared to fly as AI 191 with 335 passengers to Mumbai.
"The aircraft has been severely damaged in the mishap and had to be grounded. Alternate arrangements are being made for the passengers and the aircraft was being prepared for take off when it was hit," said an official.
While AI will seek compensation from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which runs the Newark Liberty International Airport, the airline faces a major handicap with an ultra-long range aircraft down.

Asiana Airlines: Pilot was getting on-the-job training

The pilot at the controls of an Asiana plane that crashed was getting on-the-job training, the carrier's CEO revealed Monday.