Plane hits dog, skids off runway
March 29, 2008
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None of the passengers or crew on the Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 2427 to the neighbouring southern city of Hyderabad were hurt and they were immediately evacuated, airline spokeswoman Beena Omprakash said.
“The plane was taxiing for takeoff when its front wheel hit a dog on the runway,” Bangalore-based Omprakash said.
“The plane skidded and its nose collapsed. All the passengers are safe.”
She said she did not have a specific number of passengers on the short-haul turbo-prop ATR aircraft today but Times Now television news network said 29 people were onboard.
Kingfisher is owned by India’s billionaire liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who named the airline after his UB Group’s flagship beer brand.
The airport was temporarily closed to incoming and outgoing flights as the plane blocked the runway, television news channels reported. Bangalore-bound flights were diverted, they said.
The airport, run by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is due to close in May when a new international airport is set to open.
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