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5 injured as SWISS Airbus aborts takeoff after engine fire in Delhi

Four passengers and a crew member required medical attention after a Swiss International Air Lines flight bound for Zurich aborted take-off at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport early Sunday morning following a suspected engine failure, which triggered an emergency evacuation.The Airbus A330 was on take off roll at about 1.08 am when its engine number one fails and then had a fire breakout. The crew abandoned takeoff and decided to evacuate the aircraft which had 232 passengers, including four infants, and crew members on board, on runway 28. Six passengers suffered injuries and have been taken to Medanta hospital.

According to flight tracking site Flightradar24, the aircraft had a speed of 104 knots when the engine failure happened and the crew abandoned takeoff. Runway 28 has been closed for use till the
aircraft is removed from there. Delhi Airport also issued a statement. “In the early hours of this morning, a full emergency was declared at Delhi Airport involving Swiss International Airlines flight LX 147 (DEL-ZRH) on Runway 28/10. All prescribed safety protocols were promptly executed, and passengers were safely evacuated. Airport operations remained
unaffected,” it said

 


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