ONGC operations at Juhu airport affected for 3 hours as fire engine stuck on main runway

Till 10.30am,  Juhu’s secondary runway 16-34 was used only for departures and arrivals were not allowed.

According to officials, by 10.30am, the fire engine was repaired and driven out, but as only arrivals were allowed from the secondary runway, “some” of the ONGC operations were affected.

“Operations resumed by 10.45 am. As it was the morning hour and all were non-scheduled operations, we did not need to divert flights to the Mumbai airport,” said an ATC official.

Approximately 100 arrivals and departures happen at the Juhu airport daily, of which 85 per cent are ONGC operations, said VK Punyal, Juhu airport director.