Sputnik – Goa Airport has said in a statement that operations have been closed for two hours due to a jettisoned fuel tank on the runway during a MiG sortie.
Goa Airport has been temporarily closed after the incident caused by a “drop tank of MiG 29K which got detached whilst taking off”, the Indian Navy spokesperson said on Twitter.
Flights will reportedly resume shortly.
According to a spokesperson for the airport, Indian Navy personnel promptly arrived at the site, “cleaning the fuel from the runway and carrying out repair along the stretch”.
“These are external fuel tanks outfitted to aircraft in order to enable them to cover more distance. One such tank attached to a MiG-29K got jettisoned off the jet during a sortie and landed on the runway”, the spokesperson stated.
