Passenger Plane Catches Fire, Makes Emergency Landing

An Indian aircraft belonging to Jet
Airways airlines, on Wednesday,
made an emergency landing after it
caught fire soon after taking off
from Bengaluru airport in southern
India.
The passenger plane, Flight 9W
2839, had 69 people on board,
The airline in a statement that the
plane headed to neighbouring city
of Mangalore from Bengaluru but
returned to the airport minutes
after it took off after smoke was
detected in its cabin.
“Flight 9W 2839, with 65
passengers and four crew members
aboard, took off from Bengaluru
airport at 10 a.m. (local time) and
returned at 10.20 a.m. (local time),
it said.
It, however, said there was no
casualty, as all passengers and crew
members were safe.
“The precautionary evacuation of
the passengers and crew was
carried out immediately on
landing. All 64 passengers and four
crew members are safe,” it said.