Aircraft develops snag while landing in Chennai Airport, passengers safe
An aircraft which arrived at Chennai Airport this morning from Mumbai developed a snag before landing, and its pilot sought the airport to be on "local standby". Local standby refers to sounding an alert to the fire and rescue services if any untoward incidents develop upon the arrival of the aircraft. The snag was rectified and the plane resumed its journey to Delhi.
The fire and rescue services were alerted to be ready
"The flight carrying 111 passengers developed a snag while landing", an airport official said. "We got a request from the pilot asking us to be on local standby as the flight was approaching the airport. We alerted the (fire and rescue) services to be ready. Soon after it landed, the passengers alighted and the plane was towed away to a bay," he said.
