Mumbai: Private Vizag-Mumbai Plane Crashes During Landing On Runway; 8 Injured

An aircraft carrying eight passengers skidded off the Mumbai airport runway on Thursday. Eight people have been injured in the incident.

The flight was travelling from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai. Both runways at the airport were shut for a brief period following the incident which occurred at 5.08 pm and one of the runways resumed operations at around 6.45 pm, the officials told PTI.

"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," the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said.

According to information from DGCA sources, the aircraft veered off the runway due to reduced visibility caused by heavy rainfall.

"There were 6 passengers and 2 crew members on board. Visibility was 700m with heavy rain. No casualties reported as of now," ANI quoted DGCA in a tweet.

In a statement, Mumbai airport said the incident occurred at approximately 1708 hours. "There are no casualties. CSMIA's (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) airside team is on-ground to assist with the clearance on-site," it added.

As the runway was closed briefly, five Vistara Airlines flights were diverted including UK622 (from Varanasi) and UK124 (from Bangkok) and UK933 (from Delhi), UK518 (from Kochi), and UK865 (from Dehradun), according to a report in NDTV.