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2nd LD Writethru: Indian passenger plane skids off runway due to heavy rain, all aboard safe

Xinhua, March 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

A SpiceJet plane from Bangalore, with 78 people onboard, on Sunday skidded off the runway due to heavy rains at an airport in the city of Hubli, Karnataka in south India after landing.

All 74 passengers and four crew member onboard are safe, the airlines said.

The airlines added that the incident was reported to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for further probe.

"SpiceJet flight SG 1085 (Bangalore to Hubli) skidded off the runway in heavy rain at Hubli Airport," SpiceJet said in the statement. Endi