This Article is From Oct 26, 2010

Close shave at Patna airport; plane's tyre bursts

Patna: Sixty five passengers on an Air India flight had a close shave today when a tyre of the plane burst during taxiing after landing, official sources said.

The pilot stopped the New Delhi-Patna flight after hearing a sound while the aircraft was taxiing, the sources said.

All passengers disembarked safely.

The return flight was cancelled as a result and the passengers to New Delhi were accommodated in a Jet flight, the sources said.

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