Thiruvananthapuram: A major disaster was averted on Wednesday afternoon when a fully loaded aviation fuel tanker lorry overturned at the curve of a perimeter road parallel to the runway at Trivandrum International Airport. The speeding lorry rammed into a wall very close to a 11 KV transformer situated beside the Chackai- Domestic terminal stretch, near All Saints’ Junction, and there was a huge leakage of fuel. A section of the wall collapsed following the collision.
The driver of the lorry, who sustained minor injuries, was taken to a private hospital nearby.
The accident occurred around 1.30 pm, when the Hindustan Petroleum lorry carrying the Jet A 1 aviation fuel was heading to the international terminal from the fuel-filling station near the domestic terminal along the perimeter road on the airport premises. When the vehicle reached a point near the All Saints’ Junction, the driver tried to negotiate a curve. Then, the vehicle lost control and rammed into the compound wall bordering the Chackai- Airport stretch and overturned. The driver, identified as Selvaraj, belonging to Thiruvananthapuram, escaped by jumping from the lorry and sustained minor injuries.
30/07/15 New Indian Express
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The driver of the lorry, who sustained minor injuries, was taken to a private hospital nearby.
The accident occurred around 1.30 pm, when the Hindustan Petroleum lorry carrying the Jet A 1 aviation fuel was heading to the international terminal from the fuel-filling station near the domestic terminal along the perimeter road on the airport premises. When the vehicle reached a point near the All Saints’ Junction, the driver tried to negotiate a curve. Then, the vehicle lost control and rammed into the compound wall bordering the Chackai- Airport stretch and overturned. The driver, identified as Selvaraj, belonging to Thiruvananthapuram, escaped by jumping from the lorry and sustained minor injuries.
30/07/15 New Indian Express
