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Gulf Air plane skids off the runway at Kochi
The Gulf Air aircraft with 137 passengers and six crew members on board that landed at the CIAL here on Monday shot off the runway and got stuck in the slush. Officials said that the flight GF 270 touched down the tarmac at 3.55 a.m. and slipped off the runway. Seven passengers sustained injuries. Of this, the condition of two is serious.
One of the passengers who sustained multiple fractures when a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain overshot the runway while landing at the Cochin International Airport Limited in the early morning hours of Monday underwent an emergency surgery at a private hospital at Angamaly.
According to sources at the Little Flower Hospital, Said Muhamad, 47, of Mathur in Palakkad district, has sustained fractures on the ankle of the right leg, left rib and left elbow. He was undergoing surgery at the time of reporting.
Mr. Muhamad, one of the 137 passengers aboard the Gulf Air flight, works in an automatic door shop in Saudi Arabia. He boarded the flight to Kochi from Dammam via Bahrain on Sunday at Indian time 5.30 p.m. A few more passengers were brought to the hospital with minor injuries. They were administered first aid and were promptly discharged.
According to airport sources, Gulf Air flight, GF 270, hit an air pocket and was unstable during its approach to the Kochi airport for landing before eventually overshooting the runway and coming to a grinding halt in the slush at around 3.55 a.m.
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