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” There was a tense silence in the aircraft. Everybody pretended not to panic, but the fear was palpable ,” said A P Ghogre, a passenger aboard Go Air’s flight G8 456 from Mumbai to Delhi which made an emergency landing on Thursday. Passengers said 35 minutes before landing the pilot announced that a wheel of the aircraft was missing and an emergency landing could be required . ” We thought it was the end for us but it is an auspicious day and we survived,” added Ghogre.
The Times of India writes-
The aircraft landed finally at about 4.45 pm and almost an hour later, the relieved passengers walked out, into the arms of their waiting loved ones. ” I am just so glad to be out. The pilot flew exceptionally well and we had a smooth landing. We were so sure we will not survive today ,” said Shailesh Sharma, wiping the beads of perspiration from his forehead. His wife Anju, meanwhile, got in touch with their daughter in Mumbai to tell her they were safe and couldn’t stop smiling with relief.

The flight from Mumbai had been quite smooth and passengers did not feel anything amiss till the pilot’s announcement about the missing wheel. ” Initially it seemed that a wheel had been found at the Mumbai airport but our pilot wasn’t too sure which aircraft it belonged to. But he confirmed soon that it belonged to our aircraft. The pilot attempted to land once for which he asked passengers sitting in the first 11 rows to move to the back. Thankfully the flight wasn’t full so we managed that. But the first landing didn’t happen though we almost touched down on the runway. Then we hovered for around an hour before landing finally,” said Neelu Kohli, a television actor.

According to one passenger , his co-passenger boarded the flight while screaming at someone on the phone. ” He had been literally threatening someone for a good 20 minutes . However, when the pilot announced about the missing wheel, he turned white. It is not good to laugh at someone in such circumstances but all his arrogance seemed to have disappeared,” he said. READ MORE…