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Now an emergency landing in Delhi

Fire trucks surround a Spicejet Boeing 737-800 aircraft which made an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi on May 24, 2010. An Indian passenger jet carrying 184 people on board made an emergency landing in New Delhi's main airport May 24 after the aircrafy suffered a tyre-burst while taking off. The Srinagar-bound Boeing 737-800 aircraft aborted a flight to Srinagar city in Kashmir and returned to the Indira Gandhi Airport which declared a "full emergency" before it was allowed to land, officials said. (AFP)

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A Srinagar-bound SpiceJet aircraft carrying 184 people on board made an emergency landing in New Delhi's main airport on May 24 after the aircraft suffered a tyre-burst while taking off.

Pieces of tyres were noticed on the Indira Gandhi International airport's runway soon after a Spicejet aircraft was airborne. PIlots of another aircraft notified the Air Traffic Control (ATC) office immediately.

The Boeing 737-800 was airborne for 15 minutes and had travelled nearly 100 miles before it turned around. The aircraft safely landed back in Delhi and all passengers are safe, an airline spokesperson told the media.

Pilots of another aircraft, which landed soon after the SpiceJet flight SG-224 took off at 1430 hrs, noticed pieces of tyres on the runway and informed the ATC, which swung into action and asked the cockpit crew of the low-cost carrier plane to return, Indian wire service, Press Trust of India reports.

A full emergency was declared at the IGI Airport when the aircraft made a precautionary landing at around 2:50 am local time, airport sources said.