Fire in Delhi-Bengaluru flight: A full emergency was declared at the Delhi’s IGI airport after a suspected fire broke out on Bengaluru-bound IndiGo airlines flight 6E2131 on Friday night. The flight was grounded after the suspected spark. Fire in Delhi- Bengaluru flight: emergency declared in airport; see Video.
The IndiGo, in a statement, said the take-off was aborted and the aircraft safely returned to the bay. It also regretted the inconvenience caused to the passengers. According to official statement from IndiGo and the Twitter user’s post, the Bengaluru-bound A320 aircraft, which had 184 people on board, later returned to the bay.
People familiar with the matter also confirmed that the passengers had safely deboarded at Delhi airport. “An aircraft operating flight 6E-2131 experienced an engine stall during take-off roll. All passengers are being accommodated on an alternate aircraft” the IndiGo statement also read.
A video on Twitter showed one of the plane’s engines on fire and sparks flying at the time of taxiing at the airport. “IndiGo airlines flight 6E2131 Scary experience on Delhi runway! This was supposed to be a take-off video but this happened.” a passenger Priyanka Kumar posted the video on micro-blogging site Twitter which shows one of the engines on fire and sending off sparks.
In a statement, IndiGo said the aircraft operating flight 6E2131 from Delhi to Bengaluru experienced an engine stall during take-off roll. An aircraft operating flight 6E-2131 (Delhi-Bangalore) experienced a technical issue while on take-off roll, immediately after which the pilot aborted the takeoff & aircraft returned to the bay.
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All passengers & crew are safe & an alternate aircraft is being arranged,” the statement said. IndiGo further in their statement reported that the 6E-2131 (Delhi-Bangalore) scheduled to depart at 9.30pm departed with a delay of 2 hrs 46 mins. The alternate flight took off at 12.16 am
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