Smoke alert sees 174 air passengers evacuated in 75 seconds
An Indian Indigo jet from Mumbai was evacuated on Wednesday using emergency chutes after air traffic controllers warned the pilot about dense smoke.
Some of the 147 passengers on the Airbus A-320 sustained minor injuries during the emergency evacuation, which happened as the plane landed at New Delhi airport.
"All the passengers were evacuated by the right-hand-side slide-chute and one left-hand-side slide chute in approximately 75 seconds," said the budget airline in a statement.
"We confirm that all passengers and crew members are safe."
It said the smoke, which was from the left brake assembly, was being investigated.
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, air traffic controllers informed the pilot about the smoke as the aircraft touched down. The captain immediately ordered crew to evacuate all passengers.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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