Monday, September 5, 2011: After remaining shut for four days, the
main runway of the Mumbai airport was on Monday reopened after a team of
engineers towed away a Turkish Airways’ Airbus 340 aircraft, which got stuck in the mud when it skidded off the tarmac, airport officials said.
“The Turkish Airways’ plane TK-740 was towed away at 1:17 am,” the
airport spokesperson told PTI, adding that the runway has been “handed
over” to ATC at 6:51 am for operation. The plane was taken to the Air
India hanger for repair.
The Airbus was grounded off the main runway around 150 m from rapid
exit taxiway N8. A combined team of engineers from Larsen and Toubro,
MIAL, Air India as well as Turkish Airlines was working together with
200 labourers in shifts since Friday.
Due to closure of the runway several fights were cancelled and many were diverted.
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