Summary:
An airport official confirmed that the engine caught fire due to a technical problem, while approaching the parking bay. Jazeera Airways’ India spokesperson said in a press release here that the aircraft reported a brief tailpipe flare in the right engine, and the fire was quickly extinguished. more-inOver 150 passengers and crew of Jazeera flight (J9 608), from Kuwait to Hyderabad, had a miraculous escape after the aircraft’s right engine caught fire soon after landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad, on Thursday. Safely evacuatedThe aircraft landed at 1.29 a.m.
and at 1.33 a.m.
the crew noticed the fire. Fire tenders were rushed to douse the flames and Air Traffic Control staff instructed the captain to turn off the engine..