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karatecatman · Guest

A Paramount Airways Embraer has over shot the runway at Vizag airport after landing. Slight damage to the aircraft.
fLT WAS FRM hYD-vIZAG.
Other flights have been afffected and pax on the Vizag-Hyd leg have all cancelled their tickets.

More details are awaited.

Birendra · Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411

How many runways does vizag have?

karatecatman · Guest

One.
Airport is Navy controlled.
Recently got ILS and night landing and runway has been extended to 10,000 ft.

IA now wants to use Vizag as a stopover for its Hyd-Singapore/SE Asia flights. Is also thinking of direct international A319 flights.

AIX has also expressed interest.

karatecatman · Guest

Details:
The flight with 70 passengers on board landed on a yet-to-be cleared runway and overshot the track.
No pax was injured.
The pilot lost control seconds before landing and by mistake landed on this runway yet to be cleared for operations. (About 3000 ft; the Portion beyond the original 7000 ft)
The plane went into the bushes and came to a halt, according to the Vizag
Air Traffic Controller Pattabhi.
The flight took off from Hyderabad at 9.55 am and reached Vizag at 10.55 am.
Several flights to and from Visakhapatnam including those of Indian, Air Sahara and Air-Deccan have been cancelled.

Birendra · Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411

Thx for the info

HAWK21M · Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject:

Wasn't there Cross signs on the u/s Runway.
Were both pilots not been briefed on the NOTAM.

Any details.
regds
MEL
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malQ · Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:01 pm Post subject:

Anything further on this please, or will we now wait to see an Embraer also on a truck?

Birendra · Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411

haree · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject:

Spoke to a friend in Paramount.. Aircraft is seemingly Airworth Laughing

Embies are too sexy a plane to be seen on a truck Very Happy

HAWK21M · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

Did your friend state what transpired.
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MEL
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HamiltonAir · Member Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore

Any pictures? werent the pilots informed about the runway prior to landing?
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HAWK21M · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject:

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEA20070514232237&Page=A&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=0&

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MEL
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Boeing7xx · Member Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 477 Location: WSSS

Have they got Indian Crew? The last i recall, both seats were Brazlian pilots (that was when they had 2 a/c).

karatecatman · Guest

Most continue to be expats, including women crew.

Flt operatons are now back to normal. The Embraer was removed using a caterpillar machine and wooden planks.

The Indian Navy has also asked Paramount to explain why action cannot be taken against it for "spreading lies" that the aircraft got stuck in mud.
The Navy says that IA which has 16 flts, most with the B737, operated all without any problem, so where was there any "mud issue'?

Has said Paramount just bungled.

HAWK21M · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: