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  • Video: Airplane gets stuck under bridge in India

    Video: Airplane gets stuck under bridge in India

    An Air India plane got stuck underneath a foot overbridge on the Delhi-Gurugram highway outside the Delhi Airport, leaving people shocked.

    The viral video showed that the nose of the aircraft and half of its body had made it through, however, the plane got stuck near the wings area under the bridge, The Indian Express reported.

    Vehicles can be seen passing through one side of the highway while the other side appears to be largely blocked due to the aircraft.

    Later, the airline confirmed there was no mishap involved. The airplane has been sold by Air India and was being transported when it got stuck.

    “This is an old, scrapped aircraft which has already been sold off by us,” said an Air India spokesperson.

    According to the Times of India, a Delhi airport official, when contacted, said no flight or active aircraft had been involved in an incident.

  • Indian aircraft makes emergency landing in Karachi

    An Indian aeroplane made an emergency landing at the Karachi airport after the health of a passenger suffered a cardiac arrest on the flight.

    The passenger, 30-year-old Muhammad Noushad, was declared dead by doctors as soon as the plane landed. They said that the passenger had suffered a cardiac arrest and breathed his last before the plane landed.

    According to Indian media reports, the deceased passenger was a resident of Bareilly, a city in Uttar Pradesh. Some reports stated that the flight G8- 6658A- took off from Riyadh on Tuesday afternoon but had to make an emergency landing after the passenger fainted and died on board.

    The aircraft of the private airline, GoAir (6658) carrying 179 passengers, was en route to New Delhi from Riyadh. After refuelling, the flight took off to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.