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karatecatman
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 Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:32 pm Post subject: Afghan 'A320' lands at Trivandrum fter running short of fuel |
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Afghan aircraft lands after running short of fuel
STAFF WRITER
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 22 (PTI)
An aircraft of Afghanistan's Pamir Airways carrying crew members and bound for Indonesia, landed at the airport here today after running short of fuel.
According to airport security sources, the A 320 aircraft was on its way for maintenance to Indonesia.
It was scheduled to touch Colombo on its way to Indonesia, but made an emergency landing here as it ran short of fuel at 4.30 pm, the sources said.
The aircraft had aboard five crew members, including the pilot.
The security and customs authorities immediately conducted a thorough check of the aircraft and found that it did not pose any security concern.
The aircraft would leave for its destination after refuelling.
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Afghan aircraft makes emergency landing at Kerala airport
IANS
November 22, 2009
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A Colombo-bound Afghan aircraft made an emergency landing at an airport here Sunday evening after it ran out of fuel, airport officials said.
Speaking to IANS, a top airport official who did not wish to be identified said that the aircraft was coming from Afghanistan and was bound for Colombo.
“The aircraft is a small one, A320, and it had just five members, including the crew. Since it ran out of fuel it made an emergency landing. Our officers have got in touch with Chennai and after re-fuelling it would leave for Colombo,” the official said.
Details of who the passengers were or the purpose of their visit to Colombo were not available.
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Pamir has only 737s! |
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d3vski
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:38 am Post subject: |
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| could have faced strong headwinds that ate up the fuel allowance. I can imagine the flying distance from Afghanistan to TRV to be around 5+ hours. |
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xterra
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:32 am Post subject: |
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never knew they opreated 320s too
so now afghan is now getting more airbuses
the first 340 for Safi and now this 320 
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karatecatman
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| A clarification for Trivandrum airport. It was a 737-200. |
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ameya
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Journalist at it again ?
One report above quotes an official... if thats true, we ha such officials who dont know what the hell the type of a/c is ! |
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