India, Oct. 9 -- A major mishap was narrowly averted on Thursday morning after a private aircraft skidded off the runway at Mohammadabad airstrip in Farrukhabad and came to a halt just short of the boundary wall. All six onboard, including four passengers and two pilots, escaped unhurt.

The incident occurred around 11.15 am when the aircraft, operated by Jetserve Aviation began its take-off roll. However, after covering approximately 400 metres on the runway, the plane veered off course and lost alignment, finally stopping near the perimeter wall.

According to officials, the aircraft was a twin-engine charter plane (2+6 configuration). It was scheduled to take off for Bhopal. Pilots Nasib Baman and Prateek Fernandes were in control at t...