News - ~ Fire in Jet Airways plane;passengers safe

About 158 passengers on board Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight on
Monday escaped unhurt after a fire broke out in the left engine of the
aircraft on its landing inMumbai.
The incident took place whenthe flight arrived around 5.40 a.m.,
airport sources said.
The Jet plane was on the taxiway when the follow-up vehicle saw a fire
in the left engine of the aircraft. The pilot was told to hold and
shut the engine, they said.
"However, the fire was immediately put out and all the passengers were
deplaned safely," they added.
In a statement, Jet Airways said the flight 9W523 (Riyadh-Mumbai) was
advisedby the ATC to return to base asthere was slight visibility of
smoke from the engine as also observed by the cockpit crew.
"As per standard operating procedures, one engine was shut down and
passengers were deplaned safely. The flight operation was stopped for
about ten minutes," the statement added.
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