Air ambulance lands on belly in Mumbai as wheel falls off in Nagpur

A Jet Serve Aviation’s Beechcraft C-90 aircraft, VT-JIL, was forced to make an emergency belly landing at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Thursday evening. The non-scheduled medical flight with five people, including a Covid patient, on-board had taken off from Bagdogra to land in Mumbai. It, however, had to land on its belly, as its left rear wheel got separated and fell off at Nagpur, where it had a halt for refuelling.

CSMIA spokesperson confirmed the full emergency and said the flight safely landed at 9.09pm as all passengers were safely evacuated.

The flight had one patient and his relative, a doctor and two crew members on board.