A Navy fighter jet crash at the Dabolim airport today forced an unprecedented delay of more than one hour in the Indian Super League football clash between ATK and FC Goa here today. The match is scheduled at 11.00 pm.
The home match of ATK was scheduled at 8 pm but due to the unavoidable circumstances, the kick off is delayed by more than an hour.
“The match between ATK and FC Goa will be delayed for a minimum of one hour,” Football Sports Development Limited, the competition organizers, said in a release.
A MiG-29 K fighter jet of the Navy overshot the runway and caught fire forcing the runway to be closed for operations for a brief period.
It was another blow for the Gaurs arrival plan. They were to depart Goa yesterday but a technical snag in their aircraft had forced them to stay put there and take today’s flight to Kolkata.
Their flight was to depart from Dabolim at 10 am today but due to the closure of runway, the chartered flight which was to take them to Kolkata could not land at the airport.
The match was originally slated for December 31 but the organizers had to postpone the match as police refused to make the security arrangements on the New Years Eve.
It remains to be seen how the Sergio Lobera-coached side tackle the situation as the Spaniard along with the team think tank had already criticised the move.
FC Goa have slipped to fifth in the points table with 12 points from six matches after their loss to FC Pune City, their first home defeat of the season
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