Emirates flight makes emergency landing at Mumbai airport

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| Updated : Mar 31 2018, 06:31 PM IST

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An Emirates flight from Dubai to Male with 309 passengers on board today landed under emergency conditions at the city airport after the pilot detected smoke on board.

"The ATC declared a full emergency at the MIAL (Mumbai International Airport Limited) at 1359 hrs after a Boeing 777 flight of Emirates (EK 652) from Dubai to Male had to make an emergency landing following detection of smoke in the aircraft," a Mumbai airport official said today.

The flight with 309 passengers and crew landed safely at 1458 hrs on Runway 9 of the Mumbai airport, the official said.

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More details are awaited.

Emirates Airlines was not immediately available for comment.

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