To avoid cancellation and diversion of several flights, airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, and Guwahati have been given notice by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). This comes after an aircraft belonging to SpiceJet veered off the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) in Mumbai while landing and got stuck in the grass area during the ongoing monsoon season. This unfortunate incident led to a three-day closure of the runway at one of India’s busiest airports.
Taking suo motu cognizance of the incident, DGCA has asked six key airports of India – Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) in Delhi, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) in Mumbai, Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) in Bengaluru, Chennai International Airport (MAA) in Chennai, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) in Kolkata and Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) in Guwahati- to deploy the “disabled aircraft recovery kit”.
