The Air Arabia aircraft involved in the incident was carrying 222 passengers and seven crew. Photo: Air Arabia
The Air Arabia aircraft involved in the incident was carrying 222 passengers and seven crew. Photo: Air Arabia
The Air Arabia aircraft involved in the incident was carrying 222 passengers and seven crew. Photo: Air Arabia
The Air Arabia aircraft involved in the incident was carrying 222 passengers and seven crew. Photo: Air Arabia

Emergency declared at Indian airport after hydraulic failure reported on Sharjah flight


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An emergency was declared at India's Cochin International Airport on Friday evening, after hydraulic failure was reported on a flight from Sharjah .

The airport, which serves the city of Kochi, in the south-western state of Kerala, said it was alerted to a technical fault on an Air Arabia aircraft due to land at 7.13pm local time.

Cochin International Airport said the aircraft, which was travelling from Sharjah International Airport, made a safe landing at 7.29m and only required towing.

The emergency status was lifted at 8.22pm.

All 222 passengers and seven crew were safe, the airport said.

Air Arabia has a fleet of 52 Airbus A320 and six Airbus A321 aircraft.

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Company name/date started: Abwaab Technologies / September 2019

Founders: Hamdi Tabbaa, co-founder and CEO. Hussein Alsarabi, co-founder and CTO

Based: Amman, Jordan

Sector: Education Technology

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Who: UAE v USA
What: first T20 international
When: Friday, 2pm
Where: ICC Academy in Dubai

Final scores

18 under: Tyrrell Hatton (ENG)

- 14: Jason Scrivener (AUS)

-13: Rory McIlroy (NIR)

-12: Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP)

-11: David Lipsky (USA), Marc Warren (SCO)

-10: Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), Chris Paisley (ENG), Matt Wallace (ENG), Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR)

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Make-up: Gulum Erzincan at Art Factory 

Models: Meti and Clinton at MMG 

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Updated: July 15, 2022, 6:38 PM