A fire engine getting stuck on the main runway of the Juhu airport due to a mechanical failure on Friday morning affected ONGC operations.
The incident which occurred at around 7.20 am saw a fire engine, that was being operated by the Air Drier Unit from the Juhu fire Brigade, breaking down during a routine runway inspection, resulting in departures being held up.
The heaviness of the vehicle meant it couldn&rsquo;t be towed and neither could the staff push the vehicle out of the way.
Juhu Aerodrome Director VK Punyal said, &ldquo;We have two fire engines but the main issue was that the current engine couldn&rsquo;t be shifted. There are around 100 movements of charters daily from the aerodrome, out of this 85% are of ONGC.&rdquo;
He added, &ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t peak hour in the morning hence there wasn&rsquo;t any pressure.&rdquo;
The vehicle was repaired by around 10.30 am and driven away, but most of the ONGC operations were affected as only arrivals were permitted on the secondary runway.

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