Turkish Airlines Plane Skids Off Mumbai Runway

Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
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A Turkish Airlines plane has skidded off the runway in India's western city of Mumbai, the second such incident so far this week.

The plane was carrying 104 passengers when it lost control shortly after landing early Friday. Turkish Airlines said all passengers and crew were evacuated safely and there were no injuries.

The airline blamed the incident on “excessive rainfall.”

The main runway at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was briefly closed, delaying some flights.

On Monday, seven passengers were injured when they jumped out of a Gulf Air plane from Bahrain after the jet skidded off a runway in the southern Indian state of Kerala.