DGCA suspends licence of pilot whose plane crashed into Sri Ganganagar airport wall

Jaipur | Thursday | 9th August, 2018

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"During landing at Lalgarh (Sri Ganganagar's airport), the aircraft overshot the runway and hit the boundary wall of airstrip. New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday suspended the flying licence of the commander of a Cessna which had crashed into the boundary wall of Sri Ganganagar airport in Rajasthan while landing, this Tuesday. Since runway length is only 3,000 feet, after overshooting (runway) aircraft hit the boundary wall,” Supreme Airlines president and CEO Ammeet K Agarwal had said in a statement after the accident. The Cessna had taken off from Jaipur for Sri Ganganagar. Belonging to Supreme Transport, the turboprop had seven passengers and two pilots..