New Delhi: A major mishap was averted due to the alertness of five Delhi University students as an Air India aircraft outbound to New York had to make an emergency landing minutes post take-off after its engine caught fire.
Air India flight AI-101 was travelling with 339 passengers and 16 crew members and took off from the Delhi Airport runway on the night of 16-17 July and at 1:45 AM, the engine of the carrier caught fire due to a technical snag when it was hovering over Delhi’s Malviya Nagar locality. Five students on board the plane immediately called the police and an emergency landing was possible after the police contacted Air Traffic Control.
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