Nearly 64 passengers travelling in an Air India Express flight coming from Doha, the capital of Qatar, escaped unhurt at the Vijayawada International Airport at Gannavaram in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday evening, when the aircraft’s wing hit a lamp-post on the runway after landing.
An Air India Express spokesperson confirmed that “a minor accident” had taken place to the aircraft at the Vijayawada airport and all the passengers are safe.
According to the spokesperson, the flight (IX-1676) travelling from Doha to Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) in Tamil Nadu via Vijayawada landed at the Gannavaram airport at about 6 pm.
