Alert: India – Air India Flight 849 Overshoots Pune Airport Runway (May 12, 2017)

May 12, 2017

An Air India flight from Delhi overshot a runway while trying to land at Pune airport. All passengers and crew evacuated safely and there are no reported injuries. Pune is roughly 150 km from Mumbai.

According to The Time of India:

An Air India Delhi-Pune flight AI 849 overshot the runway while landing at Pune airport on Friday evening. The incident took place at around 6.50 pm.

There were 152 passengers on board the aircraft. All of them are said to be safe.

After the flight stopped, an emergency evacuation of the passengers was carried out on the runway.

“The aircraft overshot the runway. The plane halted safely and all passengers were evacuated using chutes. No one was injured,” said an AI official.

The runway has been closed and many flights are set to get delayed.

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