Air India Express flight hits electric pole on landing at Vijayawada airport

at 9:50 pm
Air India flight
Air India Express flight hit an electric pole while landing at Vijayawada International Airport.

New Delhi (NVI): An Air India Express flight hit an electric pole while landing at Vijayawada International Airport in Gannavaram today.

Following landing, as the flight was taxiing on the runway towards bay number 5, it hit the electrical pole.

There were 64 passengers in the flight excluding the crew. All passengers on the flight are safe and no injuries have been reported, according to media reports.

The flight arrived from Doha at 4.50 pm. Of the 64 passengers, 19 were scheduled to de-board at the Vijayawada International Airport.

Meanwhile, the airline said it has ordered an investigation into the incident.

Earlier on Friday, an Air India Express flight from Sharjah to Kozhikode with 112 passengers had made an emergency landing at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport due to a snag in the aircraft.

-CHK