This Article is From Jan 26, 2016

Smoke In Cabin, Air India Flight To Milan Returns To Delhi Midway

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The flight to Milan had taken off at 3 pm today. (File photo)

New Delhi: Nearly 40 minutes after take-off for Milan, an Air India plane returned to Delhi this evening after reports of smoke filling the passenger cabin.

Delhi Police Chief BN Bassi tweeted an alert.
 
The plane, a Boeing Dreamliner, landed in Delhi with ambulances and fire engines on stand-by.

"Delhi-Milan flight AI 137 made a safe precautionary landing at Delhi Airport today due to minor smoke detected in the cabin," said the airline.

There were 167 passengers on board; all were evacuated and transferred to another aircraft.



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