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Shimla Airport Incident: A major accident at Shimla Airport was averted when the plane of the alliance Air crossed the touchdown point of the runway and collided with the stad. Ground plane to investigate the case …Read more
Big accident averted at Shimla Airport.
Highlights
- Plane Chuka Runway Touch Line at Shimla Airport.
- Alliance Air Plane reached Shimla from Delhi.
- Deputy CM and DGP were present in the plane.
Shimla Airport incident: You will remember the horrific accident at Kozhikode Airport, about five years ago. In this accident, Air India Express Plan from Dubai slipped from the runway and fell into the ditch. In the accident, there were two pieces of plane and 21 people present in the flight died. Among those who lost their lives were Capton Deepak Vasant Sathe and Co-Pilot Akhilesh Kumar. Like the Kozhikode Airport, an accident was also seen at Jubberhatti Airport in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh on Monday.
Alliance Air’s ATR-42 reached Shimla Airport from Delhi, not only the touch down point during Landing, but also crossed the runway stad. It is a matter of honor that the pilot applied the emergency brake of Plane in time, which averted a horrific accident like Kozhikode Airport. After this incident, all the passengers were kept sitting in the plane for about 20 minutes. After preliminary investigation by the plane, all the passengers were allowed to get out of the plane. After getting information about this incident, the DGCA has grounded the plane.
Deputy CM and DGP were also present in the plane
Let us tell you that there were a total of 30 passenger riders in the plane that was victim of the accident at Shimla Airport, in which Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri and the Director General of Police Atul Verma were also present. The plane of Alliance Air flew from Delhi Airport at around 7.05 am and was landed at Shimla Airport at around 8:20 am after completing the journey of about one and a quarter hours. According to reputations, despite applying emergency brakes in the plane, he crossed the tabletop and hit the stand on the indered at the Inda point.
Deputy CM said this about the incident
At the same time, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri says that I only know that there was a problem in the flight landing. It cannot be denied that the runway of Shimla Airport is small. He can say that the plane was landed after the runway’s touchdown point and reached the end of the runway due to high speed. He also said that the plane airstrip had also crossed the studs that indicated the end of the airstrip. What happened in reality, only the airport athority or DGCA can give information about it.
Like Kozhikode, Shimla also has table top runway
Let us tell you here that like Kozhikode, the runway of Shimla Airport is counted as table-top runway. The length of Juberahatti Table-Top Runway, located about 24 km from Shimla city, is just 1,230 meters and its height is about 2,196 meters above sea level. There are deep and steep valleys around the runway. The runway of this Shimla Airport is also considered to be the most tough runway in the country in terms of landing. The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation in 2022 admitted that the expansion of Rave is highly expensive and economically impractical.
DGCA grounded Plane, Aylines said this
After this incident, Plane of Alliance Air has been ground at Shimla Airport. Only after the inspection of the technical team of DGCA and Airlines, an interim decision will be taken regarding this incident. At the same time, Alliance Air has said about the incident that the technical problem occurred after landing in Shimla in Flight 9i-821 of Alliance Air, which flew from Delhi to Shimla sector on 24 March 2025. It was not an emergency landing, but a common landing. Keeping in mind the safety of the passenger, the crew conducted a routine inspection of the plane, only then it was decided to take the passenger from the plane. Airlines are engaged in providing aircraft as soon as possible to restore flight operations from Shimla.
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