Isolated parts of Mumbai and its suburbs are highly likely to get severe rainfall over the next two days, according to a “yellow” advisory from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday. Additionally, the meteorological service has issued a “orange” advisory for the next two days, anticipating severe to extremely heavy rainfall for Thane, Palghar, Raigad, and Dhule.
The meteorological office has also issued an orange notice for Saturday and Sunday for Pune and Satara in Maharashtra, predicting severe to very heavy rainfall in mountainous areas. There are additional rain warnings for other areas, including as Nasik, Nandurbar, Kolhapur, and Aurangabad.
On Thursday, the weather department mentioned, “Due to the active monsoon conditions, enhanced rainfall activity is expected over parts of Konkan, Madhya Maharashtra & Marathwada during 15-18.”
At Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, a private plane carrying eight people—including crew members—skipped off the runway at approximately 5:02 p.m. on Thursday due to heavy downpour. The VSR Ventures Learjet 45, registered as VT-DBL, took off from Visakhapatnam.
Dhruv Kotak, Lars Sorensen, KK Krishnadas, Aakarsh Sethi, Arul Sali, and Kamakshi were the names of the eight passengers. Pilots Sunil and Neil were in charge of the flight at the time; however, they had suffered serious injuries and required immediate surgery.
The mishap, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), occurred because of poor visibility following significant rain.