{"id":313128,"date":"2019-06-08T13:24:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T13:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=313128"},"modified":"2019-06-08T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T13:24:22","slug":"flight-operations-resume-at-goa-airport-after-temporary-shut-due-to-mig-29k-tank-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/flight-operations-resume-at-goa-airport-after-temporary-shut-due-to-mig-29k-tank-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight operations resume at Goa airport after temporary shut due to MiG 29K tank fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-313129 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/airport-fire-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/06\/airport-fire-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/06\/airport-fire-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/06\/airport-fire-696x433.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/06\/airport-fire-675x420.jpg 675w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/06\/airport-fire.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Flight operations at the Goa&#8217;s Dabolim International Airport have been resumed after being suspended temporarily on Saturday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFLASH&#8230;. Flight operations resumed at @aaigoaairport,\u201d Navy spokesperson said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The airport was shut temporarily in view of a fire that caused by a drop tank of MiG 29K which got detached whilst taking off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c#GoaAirport closed temporarily for a few hours view incident of fire caused by a drop tank of MiG 29K which got detached whilst taking off. All efforts in hand to resume flights ASAP. MiG 29K fighter ac is safe,\u201d Nav spokesperson earlier tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The incident was reported in the afternoon after a portion of the main runway of the airport caught fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">No one was injured during the incident, said reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Few commercial and civil flights were diverted and some departures slightly delayed due to the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Earlier Goa Airport said in a tweet, \u201cDue to jettisoned fuel tank on runway during MIG sortie the operations are closed for two hrs at Goa airport. Pl bear with us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flight operations at the Goa&#8217;s Dabolim International Airport have been resumed after being suspended temporarily on Saturday afternoon. \u201cFLASH&#8230;. Flight operations resumed at @aaigoaairport,\u201d Navy spokesperson said in a tweet. The airport was shut temporarily in view of a fire that caused by a drop tank of MiG 29K which got detached whilst taking off. 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