No injuries were reported in the tyre burst incident.
A MiG-29 fighter jet suffered a tyre burst at the Dabolim airport in Goa on Tuesday afternoon, just before it was to undertake a routine sortie, prompting authorities to shut the airfield.
The aircraft was stranded on the taxiway, but nobody was injured in the accident. The authorities shut the airport’s runway for operations till 4 pm, affecting the services of passenger flights.
“When the aircraft was on the taxiway ahead of its routine sortie, it suffered a tyre burst. Immediately after that, the fire brigade and other services were pressed into action,” a navy spokesperson said, without specifying the time of the incident.
The Dabolim airport, located in South Goa district, is part of the naval base INS Hansa. The facility is used by naval aircraft during certain time of the day.
“As a result of the incident, the airport runway has been shut for operations till 4 pm. The services of 10 flights were affected. Some flights were diverted to the Manohar International Airport at Mopa,” Dabolim airport’s director S V T Dhanamjaya told news agency PTI.
