Srinagar, September 20

Flight operations at the Srinagar airport were halted for over half an hour today after an Air Force jet overshot the runway. The pilot eject safely as the jet came to a halt.The mishap happened during a routine exercise conducted in the area on the defence side for IAF jets to take off and land. An official at the airport said the MiG-21 of the IAF overshot the runway, hitting a safety barrier as it attempted to land.The jet came to the halt after skidding slightly to one side, the official said, forcing a halt to flight operations at the airport, which besides IAF jets, handled civilian aircraft. He added that during this mishap, one of the tyres of the aircraft suffered some damage, but there was no major damage to the jet.“The pilot managed to eject safely. Flight operations at the airport were resumed after remaining suspended for over half an hour. There was no loss of life or damage to the aircraft,” he added.“It was a kind of emergency landing by the pilot as the aircraft developed some minor technical snag,” said Anupam Bannerjee, PRO, IAF. — TNS