India to probe plane accident

India to probe plane accident

NEW DELHI (Reuter): An enquiry has been ordered into an
accident in which a Boeing airliner with more than 100 people on
board overshot a runway at an airport in the Indian capital,
officials said yesterday.

Four passengers were slightly hurt on Saturday when the state-
owned Indian Airlines plane overshot the runway while landing
after a flight from Bombay to Delhi.

"An enquiry into the accident has been ordered under Aircraft
rules and an inspector of accidents has been appointed," Director
General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), H.S. Khola, said.

Khola said the pilot landed the aircraft on the runway beyond
the normal touch down point and could not bring the aircraft to a
halt. The pilot has been grounded under usual procedures but any
punitive action could be taken after a preliminary report.