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What: Lufthansa Airbus A330-300 en route from Frankfurt to Kolkata, India
Where: Hyderabad
When: Jun 8th 2009
Who: 225 passengers
Why: When the pilot spotted a hole in the runway, strong winds prevented it from landing at the other runway, so the approach was aborted. The airbus circled, then diverted to Hyderabad where it landed safely.

After the runway was repaired, the plane returned with 174 passengers.

George’s Point of View

I’ve talked about Aircraft maintenance before, but not that much about airport maintenance. It’s obviously important that runways be kept in tip-top shape. Taking them for granted results in accidents like the the TAM disaster.

Lufthansa is to be commended for NOT having an accident–in spite of the Kolkata airport’s disrepair.

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