An Air India flight made an emergency landing at Abu Dhabi airport due to engine failure while taking off. The incident happened while the Calicut-bound Air India Express B737-800 aircraft was at a height of 1000 feet during its climb after takeoff from the Abu Dhabi airport.
As per an initial report, the fire was noticed in one of the engines, a senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.
A “full emergency” was declared on the flight after the fire was reported, following which the aircraft returned to Abu Dhabi airport and made a “safe” emergency landing and all passengers were evacuated.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft had 184 passengers onboard and all are safe, an airline spokesperson said.
A source told the news agency PTI that there was an engine failure on the plane.
“Today an Air India Express B737-800 aircraft VT-AYC operating flight IX 348 (Abu Dhabi-Calicut ) was involved in Airturnback due to the No.1 engine flameout at 1000ft during the climb,” a DGCA official said.
The spokesperson said the plane had a technical snag in one of the engines while taking off.
Meanwhile, the government on Thursday said domestic airlines faced a total of 546 technical snags during the operation of planes last year. Out of them, Air India faced 64 snags.
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