Private plane skids off runway inFarrukhabad, stops short of wall
KANPUR, Oct. 10 -- 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 the time of the incident.
The passengers onboard included Ajay Arora, deputy managing director of Woodpecker Green Agri Nutripad Pvt Ltd, who had arrived with a team to assess the upcoming beer manufacturing unit in the Khimsepur industrial area. Also on board were Sumit Sharma, from SBI, Rakesh Tikku,vice president (operations), and Manish Pandey, UP project head.
Police and administrative officials, including sub divisional magistrate Sadar Rajnikant Pandey, circle officer Ajay Verma and Mohammadabad police personnel, rushed to the site soon after the incident.
Mohammadabad Kotwali SHO Vinod Shukla said preliminary reports suggest low air pressure in one of the aircraft's wheels may have caused it to stray from the runway.
It was later confirmed that the group had arrived in Farrukhabad on Wednesday and was scheduled to return on Thursday morning when the incident occurred.
DM Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi said, "The private jet carrying the MD of an under-construction factory lost control during takeoff. Fortunately, all occupants are safe and no injuries have been reported."...
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