The main runway of the Mumbai International Airport was re-opened on Monday after four days. The runway was shut for four days after a Turkish Airlines flight had veered off the runway and got stuck in the mud near the runway. Airport authorities said that the Turkish Airlines flight was removed at 1.17 a.m. on Monday and the runway was re-opened at 6.51a.m.

A combined team of engineers from Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), Air India as well as Turkish Airlines were working together with 200 labourers in shifts since Friday to tow away the aircraft.

The aircraft was taken to the Air India hangar for repairs.The runway re-opened with the departure of an Air India flight to Kolkata. A SpiceJet flight from Hyderabad SG 403 was the first plane that landed on the runway at 7.12 a.m. after it was re-opened. The closure of the main runway had caused delays ranging between an hour to half an hour for flights taking off and landing at the Mumbai international airport. Bad weather over the weekend had hampered recovery operations as rains had made the ground near the Turkish aircraft very muddy and slushy.