Tragedy averted for 152 passengers as Air India flight overshoots runway at Pune airport

In an incident  which could have turned into a fatal tragedy, an Air India flight AI 849 from Delhi to Pune overshot the runway on Friday evening at the time of landing. All 152 passengers and crew members  are said to be  safe. 

Though the country's  aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has initiated an investigation into the case, the  the last recorded data of the aircraft reveal that  approach speed was over  400 km/hour which is much higher than the accepted standard. " The investigation will shed light on it" said a source. 

The airline and airport authorities immediately carried out an emergency evacuation ."All 152 passengers and crew members  are said to be  safe. No injury has been reported" an airline spokesperson  said. The runway which had to be closed soon after the incident was reopened after the plane was moved away.

The incident comes, hours after a Jet airways flight 9W 70 (Mumbai-Bangkok) had to air turn back at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA)  after being suspected to have suffered a tail strike on Friday morning. All 180 passengers and 8 crew members are said to be safe and were  deplaned.