Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Author Chetan Bhagat & 54 Escapes Air India Flight Skid Disaster

Kanpur: An Air India plane skidded off the runway at the Kanpur airport. All passengers are safe.

Author Chetan Bhagat, who was on the flight, tweeted, "Emergency landing as plane skidded off runway into wet mud. Lucky save. Evacuations on now."

The plane was headed from Delhi to Kolkata via Kanpur. It had close to 50 passengers on board.

Mr Bhagat also said, "The plane wheels are barely visible, dug deep into mud. Everyone's out now. Rattled but safe."

More details are awaited.

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