Narrow escape for 154 passengers on board IndiGo flight

28 passengers on Wednesday suffered injuries when an IndiGo plane with over 150 passengers on board developed a problem in its landing gear that caused thick smoke to emanate after touching down at the airport here, prompting emergency evacuation. 

As the Airbus A-320 aircraft operating flight 6E-176 from Mumbai and carrying 148 passengers and six crew members landed at the IGI Airport around 1530 hours, the Air Traffic Control observed “dense smoke” coming out of the left-side lower portion and alerted the pilots, airport sources said.