Round 300 passengers had been anticipated to journey within the plane.
Smoke began billowing out of the tail of a Dubai-bound Emirates flight at Chennai airport final night time. A plume of white smoke was popping out from the engine compartment of a Boeing 777 plane whereas it was stationed on the tarmac. No passengers had been aboard the aircraft when the incident passed off.
A video shot on the tarmac reveals smoke popping out of the tail as a consequence of overfilling earlier than take-off. The world was cleared by the bottom workers, however the smoke was blowing towards a aircraft parked behind the Dubai-bound flight.
“Floor workers alerted pilots, who shut down engines to forestall escalation. And fireplace engines rushed to the positioning to forestall any untoward scenario. The scenario was introduced beneath management. In between, all passengers had been deplaned for a security inspection,” A Chennai airport official.
Round 300 passengers had been anticipated to journey within the plane however the incident occurred earlier than boarding passed off. Fireplace engines had been current on the spot to manage the fireplace. The flight was scheduled to take off at 10 pm however the incident delayed it by over two hours and the plane took off at 12:30 am.
Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s aviation watchdog, has ordered an enquiry. In the meantime, Emirates apologized for the inconvenience prompted to passengers and stated, “Following an engineering inspection, the plane was cleared to proceed to Dubai. Emirates apologizes for the inconvenience prompted. The security of our passengers and crew is of the utmost significance.”
