more-inAn Air India plane with 136 passengers on board landed on an under-construction runway at the Male International Airport on Friday. The aviation watchdog DGCA has called the incident “serious” and grounded the two pilots. A senior DGCA official said, “As the incident is serious the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has been informed. Both pilots have been de-rostered.”An Air India spokesperson said that all passengers were safe and that the plane had been towed near the terminal. Spares had to be rushed in to Male to bring back the grounded aircraft to Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest airport from the island nation, sources said.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2018 19:18 UTC