A small aircraft veered off the runway while landing at the Mumbai airport on Thursday amid heavy rain and all the eight people, who were onboard, have been hospitalised with injuries, according to officials.
Following the incident at little past 1700 hours, both runways at the airport were shut for a brief period, and one of the runways resumed operations at around 1847 hours, the officials said.
The Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL belonging to VSR Ventures, was coming from Vishakhapatnam and skidded off the runway while landing at the Mumbai airport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a statement.
