Air India Express flight from Bengaluru to Kochi makes emergency landing
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Air India Express flight makes emergency landing in Bengaluru due to engine fire, all passengers safely evacuated.
An Air India Express flight from Bengaluru to Kochi made an emergency landing at Bengaluru after a fire was noticed in one of the engines, the Bangalore International Airport Limited said on May 19.
All the passengers and crew were evacuated and no one was injured, Air India Express said in a statement.
According to sources, the fire was noticed minutes after the take off.
The crew members alerted the Air Traffic Controller and a full-scale emergency was declared.
Soon after the emergency landing at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, the fire was extinguished.
"On May 18, 2024, IX 1132 from Bengaluru to Kochi made an emergency landing at BLR Airport at 2312 hrs, due to a reported fire in one of the engines," a spokesperson of the BIAL, which manages KIA, said in a statement.
A full-scale emergency was declared, and the fire was promptly extinguished upon landing. All 179 passengers and six crew members have been successfully evacuated from the aircraft, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) spokesperson said.
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