Passengers of an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Kathmandu were evacuated after smoke and fire was detected from the undercarriage of the aircraft minutes after it landed at the Tribhuwan International Airport on Saturday afternoon.

Flight 6E 031 to Kathmandu had 175 passengers, 1 infant and 6 crew members. It made a normal landing and was parked in a bay when a ground engineer saw smoke and fire emanating from the right brake assembly as per a TOI report.

Passengers were evacuated by the slide-chute, even as the fire was brought under control. The airline will be sending another aircraft to fly its passengers booked on the Kathmandu-Delhi flight.

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