Air India flight declares full emergency at Delhi airport, engine fire suspected

An Air India flight travelling from Bengaluru to Delhi declared a full emergency at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the national capital over a suspected engine fire and landed safely at around 9.30 pm on Thursday.

The flight, AI 2802, landed on runway 29R at Delhi airport and was towed away. There were 171 passengers on board the Airbus A320 aircraft. The runway resumed operations at 10:18 pm.