An Air India Express plane was forced to make an emergency landing Saturday night after an engine caught fire shortly after takeoff, the airline said. (Credit: Viral Press)
Passengers aboard an Air India Express flight can be heard screaming on video as one of the aircraft’s engines caught fire Saturday night, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
The flight aboard an Airbus A320 had just taken off from Bangalore and was heading to Cochin International Airport in Kerala when the terrifying incident unfolded.
Video shows a bright light glowing underneath a wing of the plane as it is flying before the video cuts to a shot of the plane on the tarmac. As passengers wait inside the cabin, the fire is seen intensifying and causing a panic.
“Please be seated!” a steward can be heard yelling over screaming passengers in the video. “Everything is under control.”
