India, April 18 -- The runway at Pune airport was temporarily shut late Friday night after an incident involving an aircraft of the Indian Air Force, officials said. A police officer said an IAF aircraft experienced a "hard landing".

Operations are likely to resume 9 am onwards on Saturday.

Earlier, the IAF wrote on X, "Pune runway is temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an IAF aircraft. The aircrew are safe and there is no damage to civil property." It added that work is ongoing to operationalise the runway and resume normal services.

According to airport officials, the incident happened around 10:25 pm when a fighter aircraft's landing gear failed during landing, blocking the runway.

Officials said a minor fire broke...