Varanasi bound Air India flight makes emergency landing at Delhi airport after hydraulic failure

Some of the passengers sustained minor injuries during the emergency evacuation that followed.

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After the plane touched down at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, smoke was seen from under carriage and pilot opted for evacuation, sources said.

An Air India flight from Varanasi, with 153 people on board, made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport on Monday following a hydraulic failure.

Airport sources said after the plane touched down at Indira Gandhi International Airport, smoke was seen in the undercarriage and the pilot opted for evacuation.

Some of the passengers sustained minor injuries during the emergency evacuation that followed.

“Air India flight AI 405 from Varanasi to Delhi had an emergency landing here as the pilot reported hydraulic failure. All passengers were evacuated safely. However, four-five of them sustained minor injuries during evacuation,” said source from the airport.

Air India, however, claimed that none of the passengers on the flight were injured.

“All 146 passengers were evacuated safely and taken to terminal building. No passenger was injured,” said an Air India spokesperson.

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