IAF AN-32 Aircraft Overruns Runway 27 at Mumbai Airport While Departing for Yelahanka Air Force Base in Bengaluru
Reports inform that no injuries have been reported. Runway 27 at Mumbai Airport which it overran isn't available for operations.
Mumbai, May 8: The AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) overran over runway 27 at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday night. According to reports, the incident took place while the aircraft was departing from Mumbai Airport. Reports inform that no injuries have been reported. Runway 27 at Mumbai Airport which it overran isn't available for operations.
The airport authorities confirmed the incident and said that the aircraft had runway excursion at 2339 hours at RWY 27. "We confirm, departing Air force Aircraft had runway excursion at 2339 hours at RWY 27", the authorities said. According to a tweet by ANI, Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft AN-32 was departing for Yelahanka Air Force near Bengaluru in Karnataka. India's Air Fleet Too Vintage? IAF Has Lost 7 Warplanes Till Now in 2019.
Here's the tweet:
In January this year, an AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force carried out a successful landing at Sikkim's Pakyong, one of the highest airfields in the country. The military aircraft landed at the airport, located around 60 km from the India-China border.
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