Spice Jet flight makes emergency landing at Delhi airport

24 May,2010 04:43 PM IST |   |  IANS

A Spice Jet aircraft on a Delhi-Srinagar flight made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Monday afternoon because of a tyre problem, officials said. All the 188 passengers were reported to be safe.


A Spice Jet aircraft on a Delhi-Srinagar flight made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Monday afternoon because of a tyre problem, officials said. All the 188 passengers were reported to be safe.

"A Delhi-Srinagar Spice Jet aircraft, which took off from the Delhi airport, had to make an emergency landing here at 2.40 pm on Monday after the Air Traffic Control informed the Spice Jet authorities that they noticed some tyre debris on the runway," an airline official said.

"Therefore, as a precautionary measure and keeping the safety of the passengers in mind, the flight made an emergency landing. All the passengers are safe and investigations are on in the matter," the official added.

Among the 188 passengers on board, there were two infants.

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