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Mumbai: Airbus Wing Runway Accident


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Contact Photographer Sushank Gupta- Indian Aviation Photographers

What: Kingfisher Airbus A320-200 en route from Bagdogra to New Delhi (India)
Where: Baghdogra Airport
When: Jun 27th 2009 4:35pm
Who: 178 passengers and 6 crew (This number varies on different accounts of the incident)
Why: While taxing for takeoff, the Airbus was making a half turn when one wing stuck what is described as a “military bunker.” Damage to the wing caused the flight to be cancelled but there was no fuel leakage. The plane was taxied and passengers debarked.

Last year, a tractor hit a Kingfisher plane just prior to takeoff from Mumbai Airport.

George’s Point of View

Two words: Driving lessons.

Or an alternative two words: Traffic control.

It’s always refreshing to see an accident on the ground where no one is hurt.

However, one does wonder if this points to some underlying problem, either with training or airport design. (Camouflaged military bunker ON the runway? Excuse me? Whose idea was THAT? )

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