Smoke and fire were detected on board Air India’s A-321 flight while it was preparing for a take-off for Ahemdabad from Mumbai airport on Sunday night.
Within five minutes after the airport’s ground official reported “”a visible fire in the port engine”, an alert pilot in-charge on the board the Ahmedabad switched off both the engines and “rejected” the take-off.
The incident took place at 9.21 pm when the Airbus A-321 flight AI 091, was getting ready for takeoff.
“At 2121 hrs, Air India flight AI 091/A 321 Mumbai-Ahmedabad had a rejected take off. At 2126 hrs, ARFF Manager who was following the aircraft reported visible fire in port engine and PIC switched off both the engines. Aircraft was further towed to chokes on at 2145 hrs,” a spokesperson of the Mumbai International Airport ltd (MIAl) said.