New Delhi: A Jaipur-bound Alliance Air plane with 59 people on board made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport on Monday after it was forced to turn back due to nose landing gear problem and caught fire.
According to sources, "All passengers have been de-boarded safely."
Delhi airport officials stated that 'full emergency' was declared for the Alliance Air flight and it landed safely at the airport here at around 8:30 PM.
"The Alliance Air flight - 9X 643 - made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport due to a problem in the nose landing gear and some material failure," the spokesman said
The sources said that the plane caught fire at the time of landing in the national capital.
Alliance Air is a subsidiary of Air India.
