Singapore
Airlines flight suffers 'hydraulic leak' during landing at Kolkata
airport
SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from
Singapore to Kolkata was stuck on the runway for a time after
landing in India on Saturday (May 5) night due to a "technical
fault".
Flight SQ516 landed at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International
Airport around 10.30pm local time on Saturday, Indian media reports
said, citing an airport official.
The Airbus A330 could not be moved from the runway after
touchdown for around 20 minutes.
The aircraft suffered a hydraulic leak, said a Singapore Airlines
spokesperson in response to Channel NewsAsia's queries on the cause
of the technical fault.
The runway was shut down for more than an hour to clean up a
hydraulic oil spill, but airport operations were not disrupted as
an alternate runway was used, India Today said.
An airport technical team towed the aircraft to the parking bay and
all the passengers were safe, said the Times of India.
Engineers on the ground later repaired the aircraft and the plane
departed Kolkata for Singapore on May 6 and landed in Singapore the
next day, said SIA.
Source: CNA/hm/aa