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Mishap Averted: Mumbai - Dubai Emirates Flight Makes Emergency Landing

  •   Wed, Jul 27 2011 05:04:59 PM

Daijiworld Media Network

Mumbai, Jul 27: A major air mishap was averted thanks to the captain's presence of mind, when Boeing 777, EK 507 Emirates Airlines which took off at 3.30 pm from Mumbai made emergency landing back in Mumbai international airport at 4.10 pm.

It is reported that the fuel tank in one of the engines was found leaking. As a precautionary measure, fire fighters were rushed to the aircraft as soon as it landed in the airport. 

All 202 passengers on board were reported safe and were offloaded from the aircraft.

There is no official statement from the airlines so far as to the arrangements made for the passengers to reach their destination. It is uncertain whether they will be allowed to board another flight or the same flight would take off later.

Engineers are now looking into the issue.
  

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  • mokhtar, Dubai

    Thu, Jul 28 2011

    We have to expect such errors with electronic and machines and here comes Pilot and CO-Pilot roles. How they trained to deal with such situation.

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  • wasim, mangalore

    Thu, Jul 28 2011

    comrrection its airbuss A330-300 not Boeing777.

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  • roland,

    Thu, Jul 28 2011

    I wonder if this news will be published in the local dailies in the UAE? The local dailies are out to make a mountain out of a mole when it comes to scams etc in India.

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  • Malcolm, Dubai // Mumbai

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Thank God for the safe landing
    and everything turned perfect-
    indeed a good and happy news to
    read.


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  • Allan D'costa, Kinnigoli / Abu Dhabi

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai...
    You really do not know what you are commenting. this plane was not brake fail to roll down the hill in mangalore as you have said that if in mangalore it would have been crashed. only the fuel tank was leak, so not question of not stopping on time. mangalore air crash was a different issue were pilot errors were a lot. table top airport was not the reason though even it is risky due to the geographical condition. but any ways people like you will always blame mangalore airport without knowing the proper knowledge.

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  • todd, newcastle,england

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    could this be the same plane that was stopped from taking off from manchester england on monday 25/07/2011 at 21.00 hrs for a fuel leak on its way to dubai ?

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  • Madhavan, Muscat

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    The aircraft invloved is an Airbus 330 and not a Boeing 777, as shown on live images from Mumbai. A landing due to fuel leak alarm is a standard operating procedure and does not constitute an "emergency" as an impending crash, as most readers presume. Every pilot is trained to act in the same manner for emergencies like this. Dumping fuel before landing is also a standard operating procedure, to minmise risk of a fire, should there be an "impact" on touchdown. Let us not sensationalise events.

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  • Fr Franklin Phillip, paladka/Delhi

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    i was in the airport in mumbai boarding Jet airways at 3.30Pm. i saw this flight was taking off. oh my God. thank God for saving people.

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  • SKM, Udupi

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    The Pilot's mind on task must have saved lives of hundreds. We hear most of the time incidents that related to fuel leak /fire on engine .Can any one explain what causes this leak or engine fire -Is this because of Human error/carelessness of ground staff or unsafe condition of aircraft system? Even after having high tech.monitoring /sensing device why airlines could't detect before an incident.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Thank everybody's stars it was not Mglore or none would have survived due its tabletop airport..........

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  • Vinayak, Mangalore / Dubai

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    This is nothing but god himself came in form of Captain. It would had been a major diaster if things had gone wrong. Thank god that all the passengers are well.

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  • S D'Souza, Qatar-Mumbai

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    How do you know they are maintained like buses. Do you have any idea about flights maintenance... and where is rich and poor about this... all kinds of passengers fly EK

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  • Vincent, MAngalore/India

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Thank & praise God for enlightening pilot mind to take the right decision.

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  • Jayaram Bhat, Mangalore/USA

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Great to hear all passengers are safe. But I don't think God had anything to do with it. If God can save people in airplanes, why didn't he save those on the AI Express flight to Mangalore? Or the Air France Flight over the Atlantic? This is just a case of good training and skill of the captain.. Good result in any case.

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  • Hamdan, Katapady / Dubai

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Thanks to God.

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  • abhilash mumbai, nalla sopara

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    what you are talking. so that what happened god when the mangalore air crash accident time. tell me

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  • Antony Pereira, Mangalore

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    It is true that a hand of God saved all the passengers and the crew from a major disaster. I appreciate the Captain of the Air craft for application of his mind & taking a wise decision for a emergency landing. Thank & Praise God for saving lives of all passengers & crew members.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Thank God for the safe landing
    and everything turned perfect-
    indeed a good and happy news to
    read.

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  • Steve, Kuwait

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Lucky people. It looks like the flights are maintained like busses. Fill fuel and run. Hardly they check anything eventhough they have to check thousand things in the check list. Only poor people have to suffer becuase of them.

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  • Harold D'cunha, Mangalore, India

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Thank God for saving all the passengers and the crew. With grateful heart, I salute the Captain of the Air Craft of his wise decision for the emergency landing the flight in right time.

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  • Louis D'Souza, Udupi/Kuwait

    Wed, Jul 27 2011

    Thank God. for saving lives.

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