Calcutta, Nov.14 :
Calcutta, Nov.14:
A Guwahati-bound Jet Airways aircraft carrying 116 passengers narrowly escaped disaster after taking off from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Tuesday morning.
No one received any injury. P. Shaw, director of air safety, civil aviation department, has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
According to Jet Airways, the plane came to a halt when it rolled on to soft ground soon after taking off at 10.30 am.
A technical team comprising representatives of Jet Airways and Boeing Aircraft has arrived in the city with a relief aircraft to carry out a detailed investigation, according to Jet Airways.
Aeronautical experts said a fire might have broken out but the plane was saved as it was on a slow run.
Most of the passengers were flown to Guwahati on Jet Airways flight 9W 615 and by Indian Airlines, the airways authority said.
Air services were suspended for some time as a section of the runway had to be blocked.
A passenger said he felt a jolt about four minutes after take-off.
'The plane was taxiing on the tarmac for about three minutes and had just began to pick up speed. Suddenly, we heard a screech and the plane came to a halt with a jerk,' said passengers.
Step ladders were used to deplane most passengers.
They were taken to the terminal building. Many of them were traumatised and speechless.
Just after the incident, Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly arrived at the airport from Bangladesh.
A group of cricket-lovers who had come to welcome him became anxious when they heard about the incident. They looked relieved when 'Maharaj' strode out of the airport safely.
Another Patna-bound Airbus of Alliance Air had to be cancelled following a mechanical fault as a result of a bird-strike.
It occurred just after the plane took off from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Tuesday morning.