IndiGo plane suffers tail strike whereas touchdown at Kolkata airport
By PTI
KOLKATA: IndiGo on Wednesday mentioned one in every of its Airbus A321 plane suffered a tail strike whereas touchdown on the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata.
The incident came about on Monday because the plane, with flight quantity 6E1859, was coming to Kolkata from Dhaka.
“The plane was declared grounded at Kolkata for evaluation and repairs.
The incident is being investigated intimately,” IndiGo mentioned in an announcement.
No accidents, nonetheless, had been reported, the airways mentioned.
There had been 173 passengers on board the flight on the time of the incident, sources on the Kolkata airport mentioned.
A tail strike happens when the tail or empennage of an plane hits the bottom or every other stationary object throughout take-off or touchdown.
KOLKATA: IndiGo on Wednesday mentioned one in every of its Airbus A321 plane suffered a tail strike whereas touchdown on the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata.
The incident came about on Monday because the plane, with flight quantity 6E1859, was coming to Kolkata from Dhaka.
“The plane was declared grounded at Kolkata for evaluation and repairs.
The incident is being investigated intimately,” IndiGo mentioned in an announcement.
No accidents, nonetheless, had been reported, the airways mentioned.
There had been 173 passengers on board the flight on the time of the incident, sources on the Kolkata airport mentioned.
A tail strike happens when the tail or empennage of an plane hits the bottom or every other stationary object throughout take-off or touchdown.
