Qatar Airways flight skids on wet Kochi runway, flyers safe
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: 14.07.2018
A Qatar Airways flight with 310 people, including crew members, onboard skidded off the runway of Kochi airport following heavy rain on Friday. The pilots, however, were able to control the aircraft and no injuries were reported.
In a statement, Qatar Airways said its flight QR 516 from Doha to Kochi “skidded during landing roll due to heavy rain and water on the runway, damaging a few runway lights. The aircraft taxied normally to the stand. Due to this the return flight QR 517 COK to DOH was cancelled. All passengers are accommodated on later flights. Qatar Airways is fully cooperating with local authorities. The safety and security of our passengers is our top priority.”
Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), in a statement, said, “The plane with 306 passengers on board landed off-centered on runway, apparently due to the adverse weather build-up immediately prior to touch down at Kochi airport. There were no casualties reported and no flights diverted.”
The flight touched down at the Kochi airport at 2.19am. The weather was “acceptable” when the aircraft was approaching to land.
However, there was a sudden weather build-up almost on the runway, with heavy rain and cross wind, causing the aircraft to touch down few meters off the pre-designated central line. Subsequently the pilot could manage to correct the deviation and the aircraft was brought back to the central line of the runway.
Runway inspection by CIAL revealed that the incident caused damages to 12 lights fitted on the right edge of the runway.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: 14.07.2018
A Qatar Airways flight with 310 people, including crew members, onboard skidded off the runway of Kochi airport following heavy rain on Friday. The pilots, however, were able to control the aircraft and no injuries were reported.
In a statement, Qatar Airways said its flight QR 516 from Doha to Kochi “skidded during landing roll due to heavy rain and water on the runway, damaging a few runway lights. The aircraft taxied normally to the stand. Due to this the return flight QR 517 COK to DOH was cancelled. All passengers are accommodated on later flights. Qatar Airways is fully cooperating with local authorities. The safety and security of our passengers is our top priority.”
Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), in a statement, said, “The plane with 306 passengers on board landed off-centered on runway, apparently due to the adverse weather build-up immediately prior to touch down at Kochi airport. There were no casualties reported and no flights diverted.”
The flight touched down at the Kochi airport at 2.19am. The weather was “acceptable” when the aircraft was approaching to land.
However, there was a sudden weather build-up almost on the runway, with heavy rain and cross wind, causing the aircraft to touch down few meters off the pre-designated central line. Subsequently the pilot could manage to correct the deviation and the aircraft was brought back to the central line of the runway.
Runway inspection by CIAL revealed that the incident caused damages to 12 lights fitted on the right edge of the runway.
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