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| May 28, 2012 | Jet Airways flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai after engine catches fire | | Mumbai: About 158 passengers on board
Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight on Monday escaped unhurt after a fire broke out
in the left engine of the aircraft on its landing here. According to reports,
the incident took place when the flight arrived around 5.40 a.m. Meanwhile, the
airlines issued a statement, clarifying what caused the emergency landing. The
statement said: Jet Airways flight 9W 523 RUH/BOM while taxiing was advised by
the ATC, to return to base as there was slight visibility of smoke from engine,
as also observed by the cockpit crew." "As standard operating procedure one engine
was shut down, and guests were safely deplaned," the statement added.
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