All 102 passengers and six crew members were evacuated safely: Air India Express aircraft
Nimrat Kaur
September 5th 2017 02:46 PM
An Air India Express aircraft, which had arrived at the Kochi airport from Abu Dhabi, veered off the taxiway leading to the collapse of its nose-wheel.
All 102 passengers and six crew members have been evacuated safely.
"All passengers were evacuated through ladder. All safe. No casualties," a Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) spokesman said.
The nose-wheel of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft also collapsed after it went off the taxiway, as per the airline source.
The incident took place at around 2.40 am when the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India Express IX 452 approached the parking bay from taxiway after its landing at 2.39 am, the CIAL spokesman said.
The aircraft has been grounded after the incident, the source said.
-PTC News