After Sukhoi Tyre Burst, Pune Airport Runway Closed For About 2 Hours
Sumit Singh
Pune, 30th March 2022: The passengers at the Pune international airport have to face inconvenience as the runway was closed for about two hours after the tyre of Indian Air Force’s fighter aircraft Sukhoi burst. Many flights were diverted to Mumbai.
Though the Pune Airport Director did not respond, Spicejet tweeted, “Due to runway closure in Pune (PNQ) till 1530 hours, all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights might get affected. Passengers are requested to keep a check on their flight status.”
In an official statement, Pune Defence PRO said, ” A su30 MKI aircraft had a tyre burst on landing at Pune airport leading to blockage of runway. The IAF personnel cleared the aircraft in record time leading to minimum disruption of civil traffic in the afternoon.”
Entire pune airport is in panic due to delay in schedule airline staff helpless pic.twitter.com/v273lkZyej
— Sopan Khedekar (@sopankhedekar) March 30, 2022
#SheerTorture of Indigo Airlines at Pune airport An Unprecedented travel experience …no flight activity , no landing or take off since 11 AM due to a defence aircraft tire burst on d only ONE runway at Pune . Airlines have taken passengers for a ride.
— #CitizenOfIndia (@Citizen75724501) March 30, 2022
