Air-India flight tyre bursts, close shave for 164

Bengaluru: An Air-India plane, carrying 164 passengers from Delhi, suffered a tyre burst after landing at the Kempegowda International Airport here on Friday.

All the passengers, however, were deplaned safely, an AI spokesperson said. “The plane, an Airbus 320, suffered a tyre burst immediately after it landed at the airport at 16.21 hours, apparently due to the hot climate in the city today. There were 164 passengers onboard when the incident happened,” the spokesperson said.

Due to the incident, the return flight, which was scheduled to take off at 5 pm departed at 8.40 pm, he said.