AI plane rams into Aerobridge at Mumbai Airport

A Mangalore-bound Air India aircraft, with 172 passengers and six crew onboard, hit the aerobridge here while taxiing on Tuesday, delaying the flight by almost one-and-a-half hour.

All passengers are safe, Air India spokesperson said, adding "the passengers were transferred to another aircraft and flight took off at 12.20 pm."

"The incident is being looked into to fix responsibility," the spokesperson added.

The incident occurred at around 11.00 am when the aircraft hit the aerobridge while taxiing and resulted in

damaging its door, airport sources said.

All 172 passengers onboard were deboarded and another aircraft was arranged to facilitate their journey to Mangalore, the sources said.

source: ibnlive.com

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15 killed in Lahore police training school Attack

LAHORE(Nasrullah Malik): At least 12 persons were killed and dozens were wounded Monday morning in terrorists attack on Police Training Centre in Manawan area of Lahore.

The armed men assaulted Police Training Centre in Manawan area of Lahore on Monday morning killing at least 12 persons and wounding several others.

The contingents of Elite Police have cordoned off the premises.

According to earlier reports the terrorists attacked the police training centre in Lahore in the morning and taken control of the building after grenade attacks. At least four persons were killed in the terrorist attack.

The stand off between the police and militants continued with exchange of heavy fire. The terrorists were holding positions within the police training centre building while the policemen have cordoned off the premises.

The wounded were being transferred to hospitals while some dead bodies and injured were laid near the police training centre.

Heavy contingents of police have cordoned off the centre with the help of the armored carriers.

CCPO Lahore has said that at least 12 terrorists were holding positions inside Manawan police training school building.

According to some media reports at least 15 persons were killed in the shoot out. A police official talking to OneWorld said around 12 to 13 persons were killed in the attack.

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