Alliance Air Plane Flies Without Engine Cover That Fell On Runway
NDTV
The aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, is looking into the incident involving an Alliance Air ATR 72-600 aircraft that flew from Mumbai to Bhuj.
An Alliance Air flight that took off this morning from Mumbai with 70 on board flew to Gujarat without its engine cover, which had fallen off on the runway.
The aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, is looking into the incident involving an Alliance Air ATR 72-600 aircraft that flew from Mumbai to Bhuj.
The flight landed safely. The engine cover or cowling fell off the aircraft as it took off. The Air Traffic Control, which was monitoring the take-off, sounded an alert and the part was found on the runway.
The 70 people on the flight included four crew members and one aircraft maintenance engineer.
