A fire broke out during the landing of an Indian Air Force transport plane in the Indian capital.
According to India Today, an Air Force transport plane caught fire while landing at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport. A statement issued by the Indian Air Force said that the crew of the plane was safe and an investigation has been launched to find out the cause of the accident.
Sources said that the wheels of the plane caught fire. The crew was evacuated immediately after landing, while the airport management contained the fire.
#Breaking:-Fire was observed in the wheel of an Indian Air Force Dornier-228 that landed at #Delhi Airport main runway on Sunday evening.
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The airport’s rescue and fire fighting services reached the site and extinguished the fire in turboprop’s wheel, say officials@IAF_MCC pic.twitter.com/1K1kQ7fevn
