MUMBAI: An Air India flight with 313 passengers onboard was forced to return to Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday, after an engine on the Boeing 777 aircraft caught fire.
Within minutes after take-off the passengers and crew reported about the fire spreading along the outside of the left-hand side engine. There were reports that the aircraft had suffered a bird hit, but the airline spokesperson denied it. "The flight returned to Newark because of an engine problem. Passengers are being accommodated on different airlines and on our flight to Delhi," the spokesperson said.
Sources said that the commander of the said aircraft was forced to do an overweight landing. "In such an event some fuse plugs melt as brakes heat up," said a pilot.
The said flight had departed for Mumbai with 313 passengers on Sunday at around 4.35pm local time.
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