Air India’s Plane Kept Hovering For Two Hours Before Emergency Landing; 20 Ambulances And 18 Fire Engines Stationed On Runway In Case Of Emergency
Tiruchirappalli, 12th October 2024: The Air India Express flight from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu to Sharjah, UAE landed safely. The plane had developed a technical problem after taking off from Tiruchirappalli Airport.
Due to this, the plane kept circling over Tiruchirapalli city for about two hours. Meanwhile, Air India Express has said that the matter will be investigated. As soon as the news was received, Fire engines and ambulances were stationed at the airport.
There were about 142 people on board the Air India plane. The plane took off at 5.40 pm on Friday (11th October). But the plane had to land at the same Tiruchirappalli airport at 8 pm due to technical problems in the hydraulics or undercarriage of the plane.
According to the NDTV report, the Air India flight was a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. After taking off from Tiruchirappalli airport, the landing gear of the aircraft was retracted normally. However, during this time the cockpit master warned as the sensor revealed that there was oil leakage from the hydro-link system. The undercarriage is controlled by the hydro-link system.
Aircraft sources said that this Boeing aircraft also has other facilities to deal with such problems in the hydraulic system. However, after this, the pilot decided to return to Tiruchirapalli airport.
However, keeping the runway in mind, it was decided that an overweight landing would not be done and the plane hovered over Tiruchirapalli city for about two hours to burn fuel. After this, the undercarriage of the plane was opened manually on the first attempt. After some time, the plane landed normally at Tiruchirapalli airport.
Airport Director Gopalakrishnan said that 20 ambulances and 18 fire engines were deployed at the airport for emergency landing. All emergency landing protocols were activated.
