As many as 120 passengers and six crew members were evacuated in emergency conditions from an Air India plane on its arrival at the city airport on Monday morning, after the pilot reported that smoke was coming out from the engine.
No one was injured in the incident, which saw AI620 Hyderabad-Mumbai flight make an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport at 7.20 am.
The authorities gave a go-ahead to the emergency landing of the plane, after the pilot suspected smoke emanating from the engine. At that the flight coming from Hyderabad was taxiing towards the bay after landing, the pilot suspected smoke emanating from the engine.
Immediately after the pilot called for emergency evacuation, chutes were deployed to move passengers and crew out of the plane, an Air India spokesperson said.
The passengers and crew members were evacuated safely, the spokesperson said.
Dismissing initial reports of a tyre burst, the spokesperson said that during a preliminary inspection of the aircraft, no snag was detected either in the engine or the landing gear. “Further inspection is on to ascertain the reason that led to the emergency evacuation,” he said.