A Srinagar-bound Spice Jet aircraft with 186 passengers on board on Monday landed under emergency conditions in New Delhi. Reports say, Air Traffic Control learnt that it had suffered a tyre-burst while taking off and asked it to return.<br/><br/>The Boeing 737-800 was airborne for 15 minutes and had travelled nearly 100 miles before it turned around. The aircraft safely landed back in Delhi and all passengers are safe. <br/><br/>An airline spokesperson said, pilots of another aircraft, which landed soon after the Spice Jet flight SG-224 took off at 1430 hrs, noticed pieces of tyres on the runway and informed the ATC, which swung into action and asked the cockpit crew of the low-cost carrier plane to return. A full emergency was declared at the IGI Airport when the aircraft made a precautionary landing at around 1450 hours.
News On AIR | May 24, 2010 5:35 PM
Spice Jet aircraft lands safely after tyre burst