An Indian Air Force (IAF) Dornier 228 transport aircraft caught fire while landing at Delhi airport on Sunday evening. A probe was ordered for the incident.
The IAF transport plane that caught fire while landing at Delhi Airport on Sunday evening (Photo credit: Manjeet Negi / India Today)
A Dornier transport aircraft belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) was involved in a minor accident today. According to initial information, the aircraft caught fire on Sunday evening when landing on the main runway of Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The IAF said in a statement that the crew and the aircraft are safe. Further investigations would be carried out to determine the cause of the accident, it said.
Sources told India Today that a fire was observed at the wheel of the IAF Dornier 228. The airport rescue and fire services reached the construction site and put out the fire at the controls of the turboprop airliner, sources added.
More details are awaited as this is a developing story.
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