Jazeera Flight From Kuwait Catches Fire On Landing At Hyderabad Airport

A major mishap was averted at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday when a fire broke out in an engine of Jazeera Airways flight from Kuwait during landing.

All 145 passengers were evacuated safely and the fire was doused. The flight is under inspection.

According to an airport spokesperson, flight J9 608 of Jajeera Airways from Kuwait to Hyderabad, reported some sparks in the right engine while landing around 1.30 am.

“The sparks soon led to fire in the engine and the aircraft was immediately stopped. As per the GMR airport protocol, the authorities rushed fire tenders to the aircraft, but by that time, the fire was immediately brought under control automatically as the pilot stopped the engine,” the spokesman said, adding that the aircraft was later shifted to a bay.

“No causality of any passengers was reported,” the spokesman said.

 

SOURCE : HINDUSTAN TIMES

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