Flights delayed for 30 minutes at Mumbai airport after cargo aircraft suffers hydraulic failure

The main runway of Mumbai International airport was shut down for over 30 minutes on Thursday at noon following a hydraulic failure reported by UPS Airlines, a cargo aircraft.

The  aircraft landed at Mumbai airport with a deflated tyre. For half an hour, operations were shifted to the secondary runway while aircraft was towed away.

Last month several flights were delayed due to repairwork on the runway.

During this period, the secondary runway was used for take-off and landings. However, the capacity of the secondary runway is far less when compared to the primary runway due to which several flights will be delayed. 

The Mumbai airport has already crossed its installed capacity of 40 million passengers. Last year, it handled over 45 million passengers.

The city airport is the busiest single runway airport in the world, handling around 970 flights a day or close to one aircraft movement per 65 seconds.