Eight Injured Including Pilot After Private Aircraft Skids Off Mumbai Airport Runway, Details Inside

Eight persons were injured after a private aircraft crashed at the Mumbai airport on Thursday. The flight was travelling from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai.

The injured persons have been recognised as Dhruv Pathak, Lars Sorensen, KK Krishnadas, Aakarsh Shethi, Arul Sali, Kamaksi including Captain Sunil, and Neil Diwan.

Reportedly, the incident took place at 5:08 pm. However, the Mumbai Fire Brigade reported the incident at 5:45 pm.

The injured passengers are admitted to the Criticare Asia Hospital in Mumbai's Andheri East. Co-pilot Neil Diwan has sustained major injuries.

According to a statement given by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating flight from Vizag to Mumbai was involved in runway excursion (veer off) while landing on runway 27 at Mumbai airport.

"VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating flight from Vizag to Mumbai was involved in runway excursion (veer off) while landing on runway 27 at Mumbai airport. There were 06 passengers and 02 crew member on board.Visibility was 700 metres with heavy rain", the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement.

"As informed by MFB and Airport Duty Officer a small private Jet Plane VTDBL (6 passengers and 2 crew on board)skidded off the runway and crashed thereafter at Domestic Airport while landing", the statement further added.

Kamakshi S who was one of the crew members had injuries on her forehead while a passenger named K K Krishnadas suffered fractures on right ankle, left femur and abrasions on forehead.

While Dhruv Kotak, CMD Of J M Baxi, who had chartered the aircraft had right arm soft tissue injuries and abrasions on forehead, executive assistant Arul Sali had injuries on bilateral parietal scalp.

Diwan suffered burst fracture of D12 with paraplegia, sternal fracture with anterior mediastinal haemmorage and continuous lacerated wounds, while the pilot in command Sunil Bhat had injuries on his forehead, left upper lip, multiple abraisons over right leg and fracture of L1 vertebra.

Lars Soens, a Denmark national had blunt truama and right chest tenderness,three rib fractures with mild haemothorax. Aakaarsh Sethi escaped without any inuries.