Passengers flying from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) may continue to face delays as the stuck SpiceJet aircraft is likely to be towed away only by Friday evening. In the 72 hours since it has been stuck, the aircraft has been moved just around 70 metres towards the paved area of the runway. Since the plane overshot the main runway early Tuesday morning, three attempts have been made to move it without any success. A team from Air India, which has the only Disabled Aircraft Recovery Kit (DARK) in the country, is heading the operations.
A spokesperson for Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (MIAL) said, “Flight operations are delayed for 30 to 45 minutes and six flights had to be diverted. Fourteen departures and 11 arrivals of IndiGo airline were cancelled throughout the day till 11.45pm.”
