Mumbai, September 7: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has off rostered both the pilots of Air India’s 320-NEO aircraft for landing at the under-construction runway at Male Velana International Airport in the Maldives. The DGCA termed it a serious incident. The Air India flight AI263 was flying from Trivandrum to Male when it landed on a non-operation runaway. Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has also been informed about the incident.

All the 136 passengers and crew members on board were reported to be safe; however, two main wheels of the plane were deflated. The aircraft was towed to the parking bay. In a similar incident, on August 3, pilots of a Jet Airways Boeing 737 at Riyadh airport attempted to take off using full power from a taxiway parallel to the runway. It was supposed to fly for Mumbai. At the time of the incident, 141 passengers were onboard.

On September 4 in Chennai, The pilot of Indigo airlines aborted landing after he spotted a vehicle crossing the runway. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has kept the main runway closed for taxiway work daily, between 12.30pm and 6.30pm, and flights are diverted to the second runway.

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