New Delhi, September 7
An Air India aircraft with 136 people on board landed on a wrong runway at the Male airport in the Maldives on Friday, prompting the authorities to take two pilots off duty, officials said.
An Air India spokesperson said the A320 Neo plane from Thiruvananthapuram to Male landed at an “uncommissioned runway” and that all passengers were safe. A senior DGCA official said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) had been informed since it was a serious incident.
A senior Air India official said the aircraft “VT EXL landed on an under-construction runway” at Velana international airport in Male.
There were 136 passengers and crew on board. Tyres of the plane were deflated and the aircraft was towed away to the parking bay, the official said.
Citing a preliminary report, the spokesperson said two tyres of the aircraft were deflated.
“It could be because the pilots applied brakes on realising that they landed on a wrong runway. The local authorities are conducting a probe,” he added.
The senior official at aviation regulator DGCA said both pilots had been “off rostered” (taken off flying duties). “Being a serious incident, the AAIB has been informed,” the official added. — PTI
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