GoAir plane with 168 on board hits aerobridge in Chennai

July 10, 2015 13:39

GoAir plane from Mumbai, with 168 passengers on board, hits aerobridge at Chennai airport damaging a portion of the aircraft.
All passengers are safe, say reports.

The aircraft had reportedly come from Mumbai. Reports suggest the plane hit the aerobridge while aligning with it and its fuselage was damaged.

Details awaited.

Just yesterday, a Jet Airways flight 9W-536 from Mumbai to Dubai made an emergency landing at the Muscat International Airport after a phone call warning of a bomb on board was made to the airliner's call centre in India.

Jet Airways has confirmed the emergency landing at Muscat post the bomb threat. The passengers disembarked safely allowing Omani security agencies to search the aircraft, baggage and cargo.

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