AI planes in two runway scares inside 90 minutes

Queenfisher · Post by **Queenfisher** » 31 Jul 2005, 20:34

An Air India jumbo, touching down amidst heavy rain early this morning, overshot the runway, landing its nosewheels in grass some 10 metres away. It shut down the operational secondary runway for five hours.

The official explanation was that the ‘‘braking action’’ by the pilot of flight AI 127 was ‘‘not satisfactory’’ and hence the near-mishap. But what the officials did not reveal was that at 5:30 a.m., another Air India Boeing 747-400 had landed from Frankfurt and the pilot had a difficult time bringing the plane to a halt. The plane is now with the engineers undergoing a heavy landing check.

Read more: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story ... t_id=75393

Post by **speedbird1** » 01 Aug 2005, 12:17

By the phrase "AI" you mean Air India? Maybe a topic name change?
Never the less interesting reading, thank you!

Emirates

Post by **luchtzak** » 01 Aug 2005, 21:49

Double topic, please continue in this one: https://www.aviation24.be/postt12512.html

And please Queenfisher: don't copy/paste copyright protected articles, a link to the article and a small summary please!