Overview
- Flights resumed in phases Saturday morning after Friday night’s IAF fighter hard landing blocked Pune’s only runway.
- Officials said the jet suffered an undercarriage failure around 10:25 pm that left it immobilised on the strip, with both aircrew safe and no civil damage reported.
- A NOTAM first closed the runway until 5:30 am then 9:00 am as cranes removed the aircraft and teams inspected and repaired the surface.
- Airport statements cited at least 73 cancellations and 12 diversions across carriers, with IndiGo recording the largest number of scrubbed arrivals and departures.
- The stoppage underscored how a single, military-controlled runway can halt all commercial traffic, leaving passengers diverted or stranded overnight until safety checks clear the field.