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Gulf Air Skidded Due to Heavy Rainfall :
KOCHI (BNO NEWS) -- Several people were injured on early Monday morning when an Airbus 320 belonging to Gulf Air skidded off the runway at an airport in southwest India, the airline said. Heavy rainfall is believed to have caused the incident. (www.daijiworld.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I'll just FA armchair pilot for awhile and speculate but I see Airbus and I see India. Had to be some bad rain. My money's on the nose gear collapsing and causing the whole thing but we'll probably not hear anymore about it.
@Wayne They seem to have more than their share of this type of accidents,earlier this year it was a B738 with lots of fatalities. Without proper approach aids, on some India's smaller airports flight crews will continue to be challenged in bad weather.
I understand what you are saying. I noticed in the article it says they were cleared to land. So much for their ATC.lol
We re spoiled with our top notch approaches in the US LOL but the computer and ILS save lives and money.
I was just about to post how fortunate we are, although we sometime take our system for granted, it's the best on earth, and worth every penny.
I tell you one thing, I wouldn't want to fly in or out of a hub without it or pass through one of their control zones. Them folks don't get near enough praise, but as you say Horace, too often we take them for granted.