Watch: Smoke fills the cabin during a flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing
The IndiGo Airlines plane landed in Kolkata and passengers were evacuated after smoke was detected inside the plane arriving from Jaipur.
A smoke alarm on board an IndiGo flight forced the plane to make an emergency landing at Kolkata airport and passengers to be evacuated.
A passenger on the 6E-237 from Jaipur to Kolkata made a video that showed smoke inside the cabin as it neared its destination. A second video showed a few passengers evacuating the aircraft using an emergency slide after it landed at the airport.
Babies wailing, air hostesses on the standby with oxygen cylinders ... thick smoke in the cabin of a new IndiGo A-320neo which made an emergency landing in Kolkata last night. 136 passengers onboard. Smoke on a plane is a known killer. pic.twitter.com/VJGMIQoauk
— Vishnu Som (@VishnuNDTV) December 11, 2018
After the IndiGo emergency landing in Kolkata ... some passengers were evacuated from a chute at the rear. The A-320neo is still grounded. Engineers still apparently unclear about what happened. pic.twitter.com/ssapifmsVo
— Vishnu Som (@VishnuNDTV) December 11, 2018
According to reports, the pilot issued a “May Day” call, meant be used to seek help in times of distress. After landing, the airport was taken to an isolation bay where aft or emergency passenger chutes were deployed so that passengers could exit. However, most of them exited using the front ladder.
The airline said all the passengers and crew were safe and there were no earlier reports of malfunction of the aircraft. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board launched a probe into the incident and asked the airline to submit a report after a detailed inspection.
Our flight 6E-237 on Dec 10, operating on Jaipur-Kolkata route made an emergency landing due to suspected smoke in the cabin. All passengers and crew onboard are safe. There was no earlier report of any malfunction with the airplane.
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) December 11, 2018