All the Passengers are safe!
New Delhi: On Friday night, An IndiGo aircraft was grounded at the Delhi airport after a video showed one of its engines caught fire, seconds before taking off for Bengaluru.
All passengers and crew onboard IndiGo flight 6E-2131 are safe, the Delhi Police said. There were 184 people on board the Airbus A-320 aircraft.
The incident took place around 9:45 pm and the passengers were not immediately evacuated. The passengers got off the plane after 11 pm and were accommodated on another flight around midnight.
One of the passengers, Priyanka Kumar, posted a clip of the incident on Twitter, which showed one of the engines on fire and sending off sparks.
The video indicated that the fire went out within a few seconds.
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) preliminary report said that the pilot used the fire extinguisher in the engine. The DGCA has said a detailed probe will be carried out into the incident and suitable action will be taken.
"On 28-10-2022 indigo A320-Ceo aircraft VT-IFM operating flight 6E-2131 (Delhi-Bangalore) was involved in reject take off as Engine 2 Fail warning came. Loud bang was heard. Fire extinguisher bottle was discharged immediately. Aircraft returned to the bay. It has been grounded for inspection now," the DGCA said.
"The flight would have taken off in five to seven seconds. Suddenly, I saw massive sparks coming off the wings, and it turned into a major fire. And the plane was stopped immediately. The pilot informed us there was some malfunction with the engine," Priyanka Kumar told NDTV on the phone.
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