Fire shuts Goa Airport after Indian Navy fighter jet drops fuel tank (PHOTOS)

[hasnainfirst]

Goa Airport in India was shut down on Saturday as firefighters tackled a blaze which started after an Indian Navy MiG-29K fighter jet dropped its fuel tank while taking off.
A portion of the runway caught fire during the incident which took place at around 2pm local time.

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According to a spokesperson for the airport, which is used for both civilian and military aircraft, Indian Navy personnel were quickly dispatched to the scene, “cleaning the fuel from the runway and carrying out repair along the stretch.”

“These are external fuel tanks outfitted to aircraft in order to enable them to cover more distance. One such tank attached to a MiG-29K got jettisoned off the jet during a sortie and landed on the runway,” the spokesperson stated.

The Navy published photos of the black fumes rising from the blaze on the runway. A spokesperson added that flights have now resumed.

https://www.rt.com/news/461372-goa-airport-fire-jet/amp/

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Didnt the plane itself crash?

 

[hasnainfirst]

Didnt the plane itself crash?

It does't mention but how did the tank blew up afer falling , smoke looks huge

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

It does't mention but how did the tank blew up afer falling , smoke looks huge

Tank might have been filled with fuel, but I say on pak def Twitter account, that the plane went down too

 

[hasnainfirst]

Tank might have been filled with fuel, but I say on pak def Twitter account, that the plane went down too

Yeah , indian officials are saying it was fuel tank which fell and blew upon impact , but i think they are trying to hide something , something smells fishy

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Yeah , indian officials are saying it was fuel tank which fell and blew upon impact , but i think they are trying to hide something , something smells fishy

There are pictures available of the crash

 

[war&peace]

There are pictures available of the crash

Link please

 

[hasnainfirst]

Indian Navy's Mig-29K crash lands. Looks like this bird is gonna be a write off.


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I don't think this pic is from the incident , it does'nt look like an airport and there no smoke or fire at all , while in the other pics you can see huge smoke ...

 

[mshan44]

this pic is on indian news website as well

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...nway-during-takeoff-in-goa-1121155-2018-01-03

 

[hasnainfirst]

this pic is on indian news website as well

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...nway-during-takeoff-in-goa-1121155-2018-01-03

This article is from Jan 2018 mate ...

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Link please

https://mobile.twitter.com/PDCMDOfficial

 

[PradoTLC]

PAF best assets.. = Indian pilots

 

[Chhatrapati]

Yeah , indian officials are saying it was fuel tank which fell and blew upon impact , but i think they are trying to hide something , something smells fishy

We don't need to hide anything. We are not some military controlled nation that needs to hide failures.
The airport was opened in two hours, if a jet crashed it'll take more than a day to resume operation after investigation.

 

[hasnainfirst]

We don't need to hide anything. We are not some military controlled nation that needs to hide failures.
The airport was opened in two hours, if a jet crashed it'll take more than a day to resume operation after investigation.

Lol , your tiny brains are controlled by your inept military and btw how's the josh , zara phir aao na Pakistan

 

[ThinkLogically]

Lol , your tiny brains are controlled by your inept military and btw how's the josh , zara phir aao na Pakistan

LOL! Why are you then begging for talks. Have some sharm! You guys have no idea about what's happening really.