An Etihad Airways aircraft, with 209 people on board, suffered a tyre burst upon its landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here on Monday evening, prompting the authorities to shut down operations on the main runway for some time.
However, the aircraft -- which arrived here from Abu Dhabi with 196 passengers and 13 crew members on board -- landed safely at 7 pm.
Following the mishap, , the main runway of Mumbai Airport was shut down for some time to facilitate towing of the aircraft. During the period, the secondary runway was used.With a unique layout, the Mumbai airport has two runways -- the main runway and a secondary one - intersecting each other.
"Runway 14-32 (the secondary one) was in use as runway 09-27 (the main one) was taken over for inspection as Etihad Airways flight EY 204 had a tyre deflated after arrival on the main runway," an official of the Mumbai International Airport Pvt. ltd. (MIAl) said.