The Air India plane lost contact with air traffic control officials and landed in Mumbai after around four hours, they said.
Tiruchirappalli, Oct 12 (PTI) A Dubai-bound Air India Express flight with 133 people on-board brushed against a wall at the airport here on Friday, officials said. All passengers are safe.
Air India Express Boeing 737 (reg VT-AYD) hit boundary wall at Trichy on take off. The Dubai bound flight was diverted to Mumbai.
The plane lost contact with air traffic control officials and landed in Mumbai after around four hours, they said.
There were 133 passengers and crew members onboard the aircraft, which took off from the airport here and later landed at Mumbai after four hours, they said.
The plane took off from the airport here around 1:20 am for Dubai, but was diverted to Mumbai where it landed at 5:20 am, airline officials said.
The engineering team is assessing the damages, they said, adding that a ferry flight was sent from Kochi to fly the passengers stranded in Mumbai to their destination. The aircraft’s wheels had hit the wall, officials here said.
It is yet to be ascertained whether a technical snag or pilot error was responsible for the incident, the officials said.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Minister Vellamandi Natrajan visited the spot and inspected the damages to the wall, adjacent to a state highway.
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