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Emergency: Air India Hard Landing at Thiruvananthapuram

What: Air India A-330 en route from Thiruvananthapuram to Dammam Saudi Arabia
Where: Thiruvananthapuram
When: Nov 10, 2010, 6 pm
Who: 82 passengers including two infants
Why: The flight had a normal takeoff, but forty minutes into the route, the pilot received a sensor warning about the plane’s doors. The jet returned to the airport, circled to burn off fuel, and made a hard landing during which a tire burst and the brakes jammed. The plane was stuck on the runway for four hours.

Passengers were rebooked on a Thursday morning flight out and provided overnight hotel accommodations.

Officials of the Director General of Civil Aviation have arrived to begin the official inquiry.

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