An IAF aircraft snag forced Pune airport to shut its runway overnight, triggering mass cancellations across airlines before operations resumed in phases on Saturday morning.
Flight operations at Pune Airport resumed on Saturday morning after an overnight suspension triggered by an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft that suffered an undercarriage failure while landing and became stuck on the runway, officials said.
In the attempt to do an 'early rotation' or lift the nose wheel off the ground earlier, the plane's fuselage was damaged.
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