Air India Express Flight Hits Electric Pole While Landing, Passengers And Crew Safe

An Air India Express flight with 64 passengers hit an electric pole while landing at Vijayawada International Airport as per reports in agencies.

The passengers and crew are all safe, said an official statement.

It took off from Doha, Qatar at 10.25 am and landed at 4.50 pm.

There will be a probe to look into what happened.

India TV (Representational)

¡°An Air India Express flight coming from Doha met with a minor accident at Vijayawada International Airport in Gannavaram today. All passengers are safe. When the flight was about to land, its wing hit a light pole. The light pole broke and fell down. The flight wing is slightly damaged. This incident happened at 16.54 IST,¡± airport director G Madhusudan Rao said while speaking to ANI.

"AI Express flight IX-1676 that arrived from Doha at Vijayawada airport at 16.50 hrs, today, while the flight was proceeding from runway to Bay No. 5 the captain followed leading margin (yellow) line instead of the central yellow line. As a result, the flight's right-wing hit the high mask lights pole and the pole fell down. The flight's right-wing got minor damage. Passengers and crew all are safe. Air India staff and technical personnel are attending," said sources.

A passenger recalled feeling a jerk while the plane was landing but there was no danger thanks to the alertness of the pilot.

TNIE (Representational)

This happened just one day after the Sharjah-Kozhikode flight with 112 passengers made an emergency landing as a result of a glitch.

The Air India Express plane faced an issue in the hydraulic system and landed at Thiruvananthapuram, according to PTI.

That flight had 104 passengers and 8 crew members and they were all safely evacuated.