A city-bound Egypt Air flight with 124 passengers on board from Cairo, landed under emergency conditions at the airport in Mumbai, capital city of Maharashtra state Wednesday due to a suspected fire in the cargo hold of the aircraft, IRNA reported.
The aircraft landed safely this morning and all the passengers were deplaned, pti reported quoting Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson as saying.
'Full emergency was declared at 0725 hours for the Egypt Air Cairo-Mumbai flight MS 968 with 124 passengers and seven crew on board the aircraft due to suspected fire in the cargo hold of the Boeing 738 aircraft,' the spokesperson said.
Passengers were disembarked safely and all cargo was removed, the official said.
Later an inspection of the cargo was carried out and no fire was found following which the full emergency was withdrawn at 0807 hours, the official added.
Egypt Air flight lands in India under emergency conditions
A city-bound Egypt Air flight with 124 passengers on board from Cairo, landed under emergency conditions at the airport in Mumbai, capital city of Maharashtra state Wednesday due to a suspected fire in the cargo hold of the aircraft.
