The Sahara Boeing 737, which was blocking a runway at the Mumbai airport, is being finally moved using cranes.
It has been hampering full-fledged operations on Mumbai airport’s main runway as a result of which flights have been running as late as three hours.
Air Sahara’s Kolkata-Mumbai Boeing 737 missed touchdown by several metres while landing on October 9.
It overshot the main runway, which was closed immediately, and the secondary runway was made available.
The Director General of Civil Aviation is probing the incident. (With PTI inputs)
Source: ndtv.com
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