Air India plane engine catches fire in Mumbai, passengers safe

September 7th, 2009 Mumbai, Sept 6 (IBNS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Sunday said it will wrap up preliminary investigation into the fire in Air India Boeing 747-400 Riyadh-bound aircraft by Wednesday. "We have started our investigation into the incident and the preliminary findings are likely to be out over the next 2-3 days," a DGCA source told a private news channel Sunday.

September 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The evacuation drill followed by Air India, after the engine of a Boeing aircraft bound for Riyadh from Mumbai caught fire Friday, has come under the scanner as the slides to evacuate passengers were also seen open on the same side as the fire. The state-run carrier has also temporarily grounded both the pilot and the co-pilot of the aircraft, even as Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which is probing the incident, will question them in Mumbai, officials said.

September 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - A four-member in-house committee has been set up to probe the Air India fire incident that took place at Mumbai International Airport on Friday. Nearly 200 passengers were onboard on Riyadh bound Air India flight (AI-829) while the aircraft's left engine caught fire while taking off.

September 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - The pilots of the Riyadh bound Air India flight (AI-829) whose engine caught fire in the Mumbai International Airport have been de-rostered on Saturday. According to reports, Director General of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Nazeem Zaldi, has confirmed that the pilots have been de-rostered.

September 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - An Air India plane caught fire just in the verge of taking off from Mumbai Airport. A probe has been ordered after 229 passengers and crew of a Riyadh-bound Air India flight had a narrow escape here Friday as they had to be hastily evacuated after one of the aircraft's engines caught fire while proceeding for take-off.

September 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Over 215 passengers and crew of a Riyadh-bound Air India flight had a narrow escape here Friday morning when they were evacuated quickly after one of the aircraft's engines caught fire while proceeding for take-off. The ground staff noticed the fire and smoke from the engine around 10:30 a.m.

September 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - A major tragedy was avoided at Mumbai Airport on Friday morning when an emergency was declared after one of the engines of an Air India flight caught fire while getting ready to taxi off the runway. Reports said the flight, which was bound for Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, was immediately grounded when a passenger detected sparks flying out of one of the engines.

September 3rd, 2009 Fire seen on JetBlue flight after it lands safelyORLANDO, Fla. — Authorities say fire was seen on a JetBlue flight from Orlando after it landed safely in the Bahamas.

August 5th, 2009 Paris-Spain flight catches fire, several injured PARIS — The Paris Airports authority says the engine of an Airbus 320 of the low-cost carrier Vueling on its way to Alicante in southeastern Spain has caught fire and that several people have been slightly injured. An official at Paris Airports says the passengers were injured as they tried to exit the plane down the emergency slides.

August 5th, 2009 Plane engine catches fire in Paris, 8 injuredPARIS — Panicked passengers scrambled and pushed to the emergency exits of an Airbus 320 preparing to carry 165 passengers from Paris to a vacation city in Spain after an engine suddenly caught fire Wednesday, a passenger said. Eight passengers had chafed skin from using the emergency exit slides and were treated by airport personnel after the incident at Orly airport, Vueling airline and French police said.

May 13th, 2009 Tire fire forces plane's emergency evacuationHOUSTON — Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight were forced to slide down emergency chutes after a tire caught fire as the plane landed in Houston. Southwest Airlines spokesman Paul Flaningan says no one was injured.

May 5th, 2009 Police: 15 die in India after bus catches firePATNA, India — Police say at least 15 people have died and 25 have been injured after a bus hit an electric wire and caught fire in eastern India. Local police official Chatranil Singh says many passengers were crowded on the bus's roof when it hit the wire Tuesday in Sitamarhi district in Bihar state, and that it is not clear if the victims were inside the bus or on the roof.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India aircraft had a bomb scare Wednesday after a man in Mumbai called the airline and said a bomb was placed on it, an official said, adding that the plane was being searched and all passengers were safe. All passengers were moved out of the aircraft as soon as it landed at Jaipur airport and a bomb disposal squad took over the plane, an airline spokesman said.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India aircraft fell victim to a scare Wednesday after a man in Mumbai called the arline call centre and said a bomb was placed on it. The aircraft was later thoroughly searched and declared as safe to fly.

January 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Jet Airways flight had to make an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here after its engine caught fire Saturday. All passengers were safe, an airport official said.