New Delhi: An IndiGo aircraft engines caught fire seconds before taking off for Bengaluru on Friday and was grounded at the Delhi airport. According to the Delhi police there were 184 people on board the Airbus A-320 aircraft.

All passengers and crew onboard IndiGo flight 6E-2131 are safe. The incident took place around 9:45 pm and the passengers were not immediately evacuated. The passengers got off the plane after 11 pm and accommodated on another flight around midnight.

According to the DGCA’s preliminary report the pilot used the fire extinguisher in the engine. The DGCA has said a detailed probe will be carried out into the incident and suitable action taken. On 28-10-2022 indigo A320-Ceo aircraft VT-IFM operating flight 6E-2131 (Delhi-Bangalore) was involved in reject takeoff as Engine 2 Fail warning came. Loud bang was heard. Fire extinguisher bottle was discharged. Aircraft returned to bay. It has been grounded for inspection, the DGCA added.

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One of the passengers, Priyanka Kumar, posted a video of the incident on Twitter, which showed one of the engines on fire and sending off sparks. The video indicated that the fire went out within moments.

The flight would have taken off in five to seven seconds. Suddenly, I saw massive sparks coming off the wings, and it turned into a major fire. And the plane was stopped immediately. The pilot informed us there was some malfunction with the engine, said Priyanka Kumar.

IndiGo in its official statement said that an aircraft operating flight 6E2131 from Delhi to Bangalore experienced an engine stall during take-off roll. The take-off was aborted, and the aircraft safely returned to the bay.