Eight people including pilot and co-pilot were injured after a private aircraft veered off the runway at the Mumbai airport on Thursday.

The eight passengers are admitted to the Criticare Asia Hospital in Mumbai's Andheri East.

“VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating flight from Vizag to Mumbai was involved in runway excursion (veer off) while landing on runway 27 at Mumbai airport. There were 06 passengers and 02 crew member on board.Visibility was 700 metres with heavy rain”, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement.

The Mumbai airport is currently shut for operations and is under inspection.

According to preliminary information shared by the Mumbai disaster authority, the incident was reported by the Mumbai Fire Brigade at 5:45 pm.

(With inputs from agencies)