IAF aircraft suffers tyre burst at Pune airport, flight operations hit

An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft at Pune’s Lohegaon airport suffered a tyre burst on Wednesday and was stranded for some time before being cleared from the runway

According to officials, the tyre of Su30 MKI aircraft suffered a burst in the afternoon at Lohegaon airport, leading to the suspension of flight movement for two hours due to runway repair work.

An official statement from Pune Air Force stated, “A Su30 MKI aircraft had a tyre burst on landing at Pune airport leading to blockage of the runway. The IAF personnel cleared the aircraft in record time leading to minimise disruption of civil traffic in the afternoon of March 30.”