Mumbai-Hyderabad SpiceJet flight with 140 passengers on board today landed under emergency conditions at the city airport after a fire alarm in the aircraft.
The aircraft, which took off from Mumbai airport around 5.50 a.m., returned and landed safely at 6.05 a.m. All the passengers were disembarked by 6.30 a.m., a Mumbai International Airport Limit (MIAL) official said here.
“Full emergency was declared at 5.58 a.m. for the Mumbai-Hyderabad flight SG 401 after a fire alarm in the aircraft,” the official said.
However, the emergency was withdrawn at 7.08 a.m. after an inspection was carried out and no fire was found. Following this all the operations were declared normal, the official added.