Air India airplane catches hearth after touchdown in Delhi from Hong Kong
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An Air India aeroplane’s auxiliary energy unit caught hearth after touchdown on the Delhi airport from Hong Kong. All passengers and crew are mentioned to be protected.
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An Air India aeroplane caught hearth on the Delhi airport after touchdown from Hong Kong.
The auxiliary energy unit (APU) of Air India 315 flight caught hearth shortly after touchdown on the Delhi airport from Hong Kong, the airline mentioned in a press release.
All passengers and crew within the aeroplane are protected, the airline mentioned.
“The incident occurred whereas passengers had begun disembarking, and the APU was mechanically shut down as per system design. There was some injury to the plane, nonetheless, passengers and crew members disembarked usually, and are protected. The plane has been grounded for additional investigations and the regulator has been duly notified,” the airline additional mentioned.
The APU is a small turbine engine normally fitted within the tail part of the aeroplane. Primarily, it offers electrical energy to the plane when its essential engines are off both throughout boarding or upkeep and offers energy to run lights, avionics, and air con when the airplane is on the bottom. It additionally offers compressed air required to start out the principle engines of the airplane originally of the flight.
In emergencies, the APU can even present back-up energy in some conditions.
third incident with Air India in 2 days
That is the third incident with Air India prior to now two days.
Earlier on Monday, the Air India flight 2744 from Kochi to Mumbai
went off the runway whereas touchdown in heavy rain on the Mumbai airport.
“The plane taxied safely to the gate, and all passengers and crew members have since disembarked. The plane has been grounded for checks,” the airline mentioned.
Within the second incident on Monday, a Kolkata-bound Air India aeroplane aborted the takeoff as a consequence of a technical difficulty on the Delhi airport.
In one more incident on Monday, an IndiGo aeroplane from Goa made an emergency touchdown at Madhya Pradesh’s Indore airport after encountering a technical snag associated to its touchdown gear.
