WATCH | Air ambulance loses wheel during takeoff from Nagpur, safely belly-lands at Mumbai airport

Foam carpet is created on the runway by spreading foam using fire extinguishers so that the plane does not catch fire during an emergency landing.

Published: 06th May 2021 11:26 PM  |   Last Updated: 06th May 2021 11:35 PM   |  A+A A-

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Showing immense presence of mind Capt Kesari Singh belly landed the aircraft on foam carpeting in Mumbai. (Photo | Hardeep Singh Puri Official Twitter)

By PTI

NEW DELHI: An air ambulance lost a wheel during takeoff from the Nagpur airport Thursday, but safely belly-landed at the Mumbai airport on a foam carpet, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.

Foam carpet is created on the runway by spreading foam using fire extinguishers so that the plane does not catch fire during an emergency landing.

"A Jet Serve ambulance with a patient onboard lost a wheel during takeoff from Nagpur. Showing immense presence of mind Capt Kesari Singh belly landed the aircraft on foam carpeting in Mumbai," Puri said on Twitter.

"All onboard are safe. Commendable effort by DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), CSMIA (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai) and other agencies," he added.

The plane was supposed to fly from Nagpur to Hyderabad.

But due to loss of wheel, it had to land in Mumbai.

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