A major accident was averted with the alertness of the pilot of the Delhi–Bhopal AI-435 flight Wednesday morning with 95 passengers aboard when the tyre deflated during its landing near the aerobridge.
It was a close shave for 95 passengers of Delhi–Bhopal AI-435 flight which witnessed tyre burst situation while moving towards aerobridge during landing.
Had the incident been taken place a few minutes before, according to sources, the proportion of the harm would have been massive.
The plane was scheduled to arrive in the city in the morning at around 7.30 am and incident took place while the flight was landing.
The passengers were safe but later faced issues due to lack of the proper arrangements by the airport management.
The reason of the incident remained unknown as the airport and Air India officials kept mum after the incident and no official statements have been released from their end regarding the incident and passengers after the incident.
In the plane six crew members were present at the time of incident. Chaotic scenes were witnessed after the officials were not able to provide satisfactory answers and proper arrangements for the passengers.
Passengers were witnessed demanding refund and claimed that there was no arrangement of meals and stay for them. The passengers were provided stay at Palash residency in TT Nagar area.
Notabley, Raja Bhoj airport is witnessing second incident of tyre burst within a month. Interestingly, Raja Bhoj airport which was upgaraded as Raja Bhoj International airport is not having arrangements of tyres.