A full state of emergency was declared on Thursday after an air ambulance flying from Nagpur to Hyderabad suffered a technical malfunction.
The air ambulance, flying from Nagpur to Hyderabad, was diverted to Mumbai after one wheel of the aircraft separated and fell away during take-off from Nagpur airport. During departing from Runway 32 at Nagpur Airport, a wheel of the aircraft separated and fell on the ground.
According to the details, the C-90 VT-JIL aircraft operated by Jet Serve Aviation has successfully made an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport. The crew confirmed that the pilots attempted a ‘belly landing’ without using the landing gear.
Foam was put on the runway to safeguard against fire. Apart from the crew, the plane had a patient and a doctor on board.