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Tue, 10th Nov 2009  Mumbai: A Kingfisher Airlines ATR-72 aircraft skidded off the runway on Tuesday evening while landing at Mumbai airport, officials said. All 42 passengers and crew onboard were safe.
Flight IT-4124 arrived from Bhavnagar and landed at Mumbai airport which had been witnessing low visibility due to rains and cloudy skies since early on Tuesday morning.
Being a Tuesday, only half the main runway was being used and only smaller aircraft were allowed to operate between 1200 hrs IST to 1800 hrs IST, as announced last month (October) by the airport authorities.
A spokesman for Kingfisher Airlines said that the cause of the incident is not yet known. He also denied that a fire broke out in the aircraft due to the skidding.
A few flights scheduled for departure on Tuesday evening were delayed because of the incident.  | 
