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Air India Flight Catches Fire after Landing in Delhi – Passengers Safe
A terrifying moment as Air India Flight AI-315 caught fire after landing in Delhi. All passengers are safe, but this incident adds to a growing list of concerns for the airline. Here’s a visual breakdown of the events that unfolded, from the runway scare to ongoing investigations.

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00:00air india hong kong delhi flight catches fire after landing passengers safety auxiliary power
00:08unit of air india flight ai315 flying from hong kong to delhi caught fire shortly after the plane
00:14landed at the indira gandhi international airport the airline said tuesday the fire was detected
00:20while passengers were exiting the plane the airline said the auxiliary power unit or apu
00:26was automatically shut down once the system detected the fire and passengers and crew
00:31continued to disembark safely the airline also said air india said there was some damage to the
00:37aircraft a twin jet airbus a three to one which has been grounded pending an investigation
00:41the director general of civil aviation has been notified the delhi incident is the latest worry
00:46for a domestic carrier that has received nine notices in six months for five safety violations
00:52junior aviation minister merlithar mohal told parliament monday this is also the third near
00:58miss rare india in 48 hours on monday a kochi mumbai flight veered off the runway while landing damaging
01:05both the plane and the tarmac pictures accessed by nd tv showed crumpling of the engine cover
01:10and later in the day a delhi kolkata flight aborted its takeoff at the last possible minute when the
01:15plane was traveling at 155 kilometers per hour the airline later said a technical issue had been
01:22detected during takeoff incidentally there was a technical issue that affected a plane in the same
01:27sector last month too then it was a boeing 787-8 dreamliner and the aircraft was forced to return
01:34to hong kong airport this was three days after the air india amitabad plane crash but the biggest
01:40concern is still the boeing 787-8 dreamliner flying is ai-171 from amitabad to london that crashed 32
01:48seconds after takeoff on june 12. there is no explanation yet for the crash the crash captured
01:54live on a phone camera killed 270 for people including 19 on the ground after the plane lost
02:01thrust midair hit a college hostel only one person on the plane survived a preliminary report by the
02:08aircraft accident investigation bureau indicated both fuel supply switches had moved from the run
02:12to cut off position seconds after the plane took off the final report which should explain exactly
02:18what happened is pending however multiple press reports have focused on the switch positions and
02:24a fragment of the recorded conversation between captain sumit sabharwal and first officer clive k
02:29under dot in that fragment one pilot it is not clear who asks the other why he shut off the fuel
02:35supply dot in response the second pilot says he did not american publication the wall street journal
02:40has claimed the recording indicates the pilot captain sabharwal deliberately switched off the fuel supply
02:46the claim which lacks definitive proof has been heavily condemned by the indian government and the
02:51aviation community last week the aircraft accident investigation bureau or abe slammed international
02:57media for unverified and irresponsible reporting the foreign press reportage was also called out by the
03:04united states national transportation safety board which is helping the abe in this matter the fuel
03:09supply switches on the boeing 787-8 dreamliner which was the plane that crashed are designed to be
03:16immobile unless specifically moved by a pilot that is they are spring-loaded and have to be lifted up and
03:22slotted into position this is to avoid accidental movement dot in the aftermath of the aim's initial
03:27report domestic airlines operating boeing jets were instructed to conduct checks on switches that
03:33regulate fuel supply to the engines this was made mandatory for all india registered boeing planes
03:39air india later said it had finished the checks and found no issues
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