Hyderabad: IndiGo pilots stop takeoff just in time as vehicle enters runway

Mangalore Today News Network

Hyderbad, Oct 09, 2018 : As per the reports by Yahoonews,180 people on board an IndiGo flight had a close shave in Hyderabad after a vehicle suddenly appeared on the runway in front of the plane just as the flight was about to take off.

 

The two pilots of the IndiGo Flight 6e743 -- an Airbus A320 -- saw the vehicle on the runway and applied their plane’s emergency brakes to avoid hitting the vehicle.

The incident took at around 6 am today morning at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. IndiGo Flight 6e743 is a daily service between Hyderabad and Goa.

A probe has been ordered into the incident.