<p>After a night-long operation, the aircraft was lifted at 6 am with the help of huge cranes. A 100-member expert team from Mumbai was at the spot to assist the operation.<br /><br />Airport sources said the runway has been cleared and normal services would soon resume at the airport.<br /><br />The runway had initially been closed for 10 hours in the aftermath of the mishap and was later partially opened for smaller aircraft.<br /><br />The plane, with 137 passengers and six crew, veered off the runway at 3.55 am yesterday, breaking its nose-wheel. One person was hospitalised with fractures and six with minor injuries discharged after first aid.<br /><br />Before total clearance of the 3,400m runway, two flights of Gulf Air and Etihad were diverted to Chennai and an Air Arabia flight to Coimbatore, the sources said.<br /><br />A Jet Airways flight from Doha was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram, they said.<br /><br />Cochin International Airport Limited Managing Director V J Kurien had said that strong winds and heavy rains which lashed Kochi yesterday could have been the cause of the mishap.</p>
<p>After a night-long operation, the aircraft was lifted at 6 am with the help of huge cranes. A 100-member expert team from Mumbai was at the spot to assist the operation.<br /><br />Airport sources said the runway has been cleared and normal services would soon resume at the airport.<br /><br />The runway had initially been closed for 10 hours in the aftermath of the mishap and was later partially opened for smaller aircraft.<br /><br />The plane, with 137 passengers and six crew, veered off the runway at 3.55 am yesterday, breaking its nose-wheel. One person was hospitalised with fractures and six with minor injuries discharged after first aid.<br /><br />Before total clearance of the 3,400m runway, two flights of Gulf Air and Etihad were diverted to Chennai and an Air Arabia flight to Coimbatore, the sources said.<br /><br />A Jet Airways flight from Doha was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram, they said.<br /><br />Cochin International Airport Limited Managing Director V J Kurien had said that strong winds and heavy rains which lashed Kochi yesterday could have been the cause of the mishap.</p>