Calicut-bound Air India Express flight's engine catches fire, returns to Abu Dhabi

As many as 184 passengers were onboard the Air India Express flight when one of the engines developed a technical snag and caught flame. According to reports, the aircraft landed safely and all passengers are safe.

An Air India Express flight from Abu Dhabi to Calicut on Friday (February 3) landed back at Abu Dhabi airport after a flame was detected in one of the engines. According to reports, the aircraft landed safely and all passengers are safe.

As many as 184 passengers were onboard the Air India Express flight when one of the engines developed a technical snag and caught flame.

Reacting to this incident, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a statement that read, "Today an Air India Express B737-800 aircraft VT-AYC operating flight IX 348 (Abu Dhabi-Calicut ) was involved in Air turn back due to the No.1 engine flameout at 1000 ft during climb."

Earlier, DGCA fined Air India Rs 10 lakh for two incidents of unruly passenger behaviour on a Paris-New Delhi flight in December last year.

Shankar Mishra is accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger in a drunken state on a New York-New Delhi Air India flight in November 2022. 

Previously, the civil aviation regulator fined Tata-owned Air India Rs 30 lakh and suspended the flight's Pilot-In-Command for three months in connection with the urination case.

The DGCA had also issued show-cause notices to the Accountable Manager of Air India, the Director of in-flight services, and all pilots and cabin crew members on the AI-102 flight from New York to New Delhi. On January 21, 2023, the Patiala House Court extended Shankar Mishra's judicial custody.