An Indian aircraft belonging to Jet Airways airlines, on Wednesday, made an emergency landing after it caught fire soon after taking off from Bengaluru airport in southern India.
The passenger plane, Flight 9W 2839, had 69 people on board,
The airline in a statement that the plane headed to neighbouring city of Mangalore from Bengaluru but returned to the airport minutes after it took off after smoke was detected in its cabin.
“Flight 9W 2839, with 65 passengers and four crew members aboard, took off from Bengaluru airport at 10 a.m. (local time) and returned at 10.20 a.m. (local time), it said.
It, however, said there was no casualty, as all passengers and crew members were safe.
“The precautionary evacuation of the passengers and crew was carried out immediately on landing. All 64 passengers and four crew members are safe,” it said.
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