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Air India Express flight from Dubai veers off taxiway at Mangaluru Airport

coastaldigest.com web desk
June 30, 2019

Mangaluru, Jun 30: In what could have been a major tragedy, an Air India Express plane that came from Dubai overshot the taxiway at the Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday evening. All passengers are safe and have been de-boarded. 

The Air India Express flight IX384 had departed from Dubai at 12.39 pm and landed at Mangaluru 5.35 pm safely. The incident took place around five minutes later when the aircraft with 183 passengers and six crew on board was making its way to the terminal building and the aircraft got stuck in the grass.

V V Rao, airport director, Mangaluru International Airport said that the airline took step to de-board the passenger at the incident site, a little distance away from the terminal and ferried them later to the terminal. Operations are normal and plane will be towed to the terminal, Rao said, adding AAI is working to get the aircraft to the apron.

Sources privy to the development on condition of anonymity said that pilot could have accidentally powered up the aircraft while making a routine manoeuver of bringing it from the main runway to the apron via the taxiway. 

“The aircraft in the process veered off the taxiway, crossed a small gutter and ended up on the grassy part adjoining the taxiway. Air India Express engineers are in the process of towing the struck aircraft,” sources said.

AAI in an official statement about the incident said, the Boeing737-800 carried out missed approach at 5.32pm and thereafter in second attempt landed at Mangalore on runway 24 at 5.42pm. The aircraft while turning on taxiway entered unpaved portion of the strip apparently due to high speed as per observation of ATC. There appears to be no damage to the aircraft and engineers are trying to tow the aircraft to apron for further inspection.

The aircraft location in the strip is being assessed for clearance from instrument landing system (ILS) and runway strip for resuming operation. The delayed departures are being cleared with approval of Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the statement noted. While the airline has ordered an internal investigation, the DGCA has been informed about the incident and could order a probe in to the same, V V Rao noted.

Also Read: AIE plane skidding: Wrong to blame airport; it could be pilot error, says U T Khader

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p.m.saleem
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Sunday, 30 Jun 2019

thanks god nothing is hapned.

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July 20,2020

Mangaluru/ Udupi, Jul 20: Dakshina Kannada has recorded 89 new covid-19 cases and five deaths whereas as Udupi recorded 98 cases in past 24 hours. 

Dakshina Kannada 

With five new deaths, the covid-19 death toll in the district mounted to 82. Among the five deceased, two are from Mangaluru taluk, one from Beltangady taluk, one from Bantwal taluk and one from Chikkamangaluru district. The deceased include a 2 month old child (from Bantwal). 

Out of the 89 cases, eleven persons had contracted the disease from primary contacts. Two persons had returned from the Gulf. Forty-five persons are suffering from influenza-like illness (ILI), and sixteen persons are suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). The health officials are tracing the contacts of fifteen others.

Meanwhile, 57 persons were also discharged from the hospital after complete recovery.

Udupi

With 98 new covid-19 cases, the total number of cases in the district today mounted to 2,321. Among them only 661 are currently active. 

1650 patients have been discharged from the hospital after complete recovery, and 11 persons have succumbed to COVID-19 in the district.

As of now, 213 throat swab samples are pending for results, 54 samples were sent for testing on July 20. On Sunday, July 20, 251 samples have tested negative. As of now, a total of 22357 swab samples out of the 24891 have tested negative for the coronavirus.

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February 17,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 17: Kambala superstar Shrinivas Gowda, who is drawing comparisons to ace sprinter Usain Bolt, has reportedly refused to take part in athletics trials with the Sports Authority of India.

28-year-old Gowda, who hails from Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada, was celebrated as a potential Olympian after a clip of his race went viral, amid claims that he had done 100m in 9.55 seconds, against Bolt's record of 9.58. He has so far won 32 medals in 11 kambala events this season.

Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju and SAI said Gowda would appear for trials at SAI's Bengaluru centre on Monday. The government "will do everything to identify sporting talents", Rijiju had tweeted.

"I will meet the Chief Minister. I am keen on continuing in kambala," Gowda said. Asked about the clamour for a crossover into athletics, he said, "For the time being I have no plans to appear for SAI trials. I am busy with the Kambala season and will consider meeting them following that and after consulting my well-wishers."

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May 17,2020

Mangaluru, May 17: A team of staff and students from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, have designed and developed a simple and cost-effective touch-less hand sanitiser dispenser kit at Research and Innovation Centre, Nitte.

According to a release here on Sunday, NITTE said that the most effective medicine for Covid-19 is social distancing, frequent use of sanitiser, and washing hands regularly. In work areas, many people sharing common sanitiser might lead to issues.

The developed product dispenses sanitiser upon sensing the presence of the hand. The product has features like automatic hand detection, indication for power, and sanitiser quantity in the system.

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