A Boeing 737 aircraft operated by SpiceJet on Monday overshot the touched-down point while landing at the Shirdi airport and veered off the runway, bringing all operations to a halt, airport director Dhiren Bhosale said.
All the passengers and the crew, however, are safe, and efforts are on to tow away the aircraft from the runway and resume operations at the earliest, he said.
Both the pilots of the flight have been grounded, pending enquiry, the airline said, adding the incident took place around 4:30 pm.
“A SpiceJet aircraft shot off the runway by about 50 meters and skidded off. There is no injury to any passenger and the crew, though. Our first priority is to evacuate passengers without compromising their safety,” Bhosale told PTI over phone from Shirdi.
