Date:11/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/11/stories/2008101159110300.htm

New Delhi

Airport engineer suspended for GoAir mishap

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation has ordered suspension of an assistant maintenance engineer at Mumbai airport in connection with the emergency landing of a GoAir aircraft at Delhi airport on Thursday evening.

“The engineer has been suspended for her perfunctory work in the nose-wheel aea at Mumbai airport,” said Director-General of Civil Aviation Kanu Gohain on Friday.

Over 123 passengers and crew had a miraculous escape after one of the two tyres of the aircraft’s nose-wheel came off during take-off at Mumbai airport, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Delhi airport