MUMBAI: A total of 25 flights were cancelled at Mumbai airport on Thursday as the Spice-Jet Boeing 737 that went off the runway a little before Monday midnight is yet to be removed. All the 25 cancelled flights—14 departures and 11 arrivalswere of IndiGo, the largest operator on domestic routes.
SpiceJet would be billed at least USD 160,000 (nearly Rs 1.1 crore) for aircraft removal, said a source. Initial DGCA probe has revealed the SpiceJet plane touched down at high speed about 1600 metres ahead of the threshold of the 3600-metre runway 27 and there was no problem with friction on the main runway. An hour later, another SpiceJet plane went off secondary runway and came to a halt in the stopway, but the pilot taxied it back to the parking bay with the help of a follow-me vehicle.
SpiceJet in a statement said: “We are in receipt of the show cause notices issued by the DGCA. The concerned officials will submit their replies within the timeframe given by the regulator.
