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Air Lanka plane makes emergency landing
New Delhi, Aug 19: All the 127 passengers onboard an Air Lanka flight from Colombo tonight had a miraculouas escape when the plane made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here following a snag in its hydraulic system
New Delhi, Aug 19: All the 127 passengers onboard an
Air Lanka flight from Colombo tonight had a miraculouas escape
when the plane made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi
International Airport here following a snag in its hydraulic
system
The Air Lanka flight UL 191 from Colombo to Delhi was
scheduled to make a landing at 2140 hours .
However, at around 2125 hours, the captian sent out a
message to the air traffic control that he wanted a priority
landing as there was a hydraulic failure in the plane.
An emergency was declared at the airport within minutes
with fire tenders and ambulances being rushed to the
tarmac, police and airport officials said.
The plane made a safe landing at around 2202 hours and
all passengers were evacuated safely.
Bureau Report