Kingfisher's wet nightmare

Updated On: 11 November, 2009 07:45 AM IST | | Bipin Kumar Singh

Aircraft with 46 people on board skids dangerously to end of wet runway during landing; catches fire

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Aircraft with 46 people on board skids dangerously to end of wet runway during landing; catches fire

Kingfisher flight IT-4124, which was carrying 42 passengers and four airline personnel from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, caught fire as it skid during landing at 4.36 pm yesterday.

The plane skidded past an HP aviation fuel depot situated dangerously close to the runway.

Bsavan Savaniu00a0 (51), a businessmen from Bhavnagar, who was on the flight, said, "The pilot had no option, but to apply emergency brakes as the plane had already taxied to the end of the runaway.

Over 17 female passengers were rescued through the emergency window."

It has emerged that the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had, in view of the ongoing construction on runway 0927, barred its use yesterday because it was wet from the rains.