Mangaluru, Jul 16: In what could have been a major tragedy, an Air India Express aircraft slightly skidded upon landing at Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday morning.
Apart from a few broken runway lights, there was no damage to the plane and no injuries to people on board.
The scare happened as the Boeing 737 back was landing with 185 people, most of them Indian expatriate workers, on board. There were two infants in the flight.
According to sources, the flight skidded off the runway due to the weather suddenly turning bad when it was about to touch down.
"Just as the aircraft was about to touch down, there was sudden gust of wind and heavy rain. The aircraft skidded to the right momentarily after touch down but got back to the center line thereafter. There was no discomfort or injury to any passenger. Post arrival inspection of the aircraft revealed no damages," Air India Express CEO Shyam Sundar said.
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