​​Jazeera Airways flight catches fire while landing in Hyderabad

As many as 150 passengers of Jazeera Airways coming from Kuwait to Hyderabad had a narrow escape after its engine caught fire during landing at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in the early hours today.

Airport sources told PTI that the Air Traffic Control and also some members of the ground staff noticed a "minor fire" soon after the plane landed and informed the pilot of J9-608 Kuwait-Hyderabad flight, who shut down both the engines immediately.

The incident happened at around 1.30 am when the right side engine caught fire due to technical snag soon after landing and approaching the taxiway. The aircraft was immediately stopped at the taxiway and fire tenders were rushed to the spot to control the fire.


All the passengers disembarked safely and no injuries were reported