Air Arabia plane lands safely in Ctg airport after hydraulic snag
A flight of Air Arabia with 198 passengers and crews onboard shut down on the middle of runway after landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Friday morning following a technical glitch.
The aircraft landed at the runway later and remained stranded for around 12 minutes before it was removed from there.
The Airport Director Group Captain Taslim Uddin said that the flight was carrying 191 passengers and nine crew from Sharjah was scheduled to land at the airport at around 8:40am.
The captain noticed hydraulic pressure issues in the aircraft mid-air and informed it to Airport Traffic Control. Later, they took necessary actions and participated into the landing process, paving way for its safe landing, the plane shut down in the runway, Taslim said.
"We dragged the plane to safe side around 8:52am. Aircraft engineers are looking for the problem. The flight will hopefully take off again by 10pm," he added.
All the passengers and crews, however, disembarked safely later, he said adding that they the passengers and crew to hotels for rest.
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