Air ambulance makes belly landing after losing a wheel during take-off
An air ambulance with five persons on board made a belly landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Thursday night after the aircraft lost a wheel during take-off from Nagpur.
The Beechcraft VT-JIL aircraft on the way from Nagpur to Hyderabad declared a full emergency and made a belly landing at 9:09 pm, officials said. According to Mumbai International Airport Ltd officials, the non-scheduled aircraft, VT-JIL was carrying 2 crew members, a doctor, a paramedic, and a patient.
Soon after takeoff, the nose-wheel of the aircraft fell off forcing a diversion to Mumbai where it landed at 21:09 hours amidst full emergency preparedness.
