- Passengers were injured during emergency evacuation.
- Task force set up to investigate the incident: Swiss int’l.
- The airport declares an emergency after the incident.
Swiss International said a flight from Delhi to Zurich had to abort its takeoff early Sunday after an engine problem, adding that four passengers and a crew member were injured.
The airline did not elaborate, but the Economic Times reported that one of the engines had caught fire as the plane accelerated down a runway and that the passengers were injured during an emergency evacuation.
“Shortly after 1 a.m. local time on April 26, a problem occurred with one of the engines during the take-off of flight LX147 in Delhi. The crew aborted the take-off and, after assessing the situation, decided to evacuate the aircraft as a precaution,” Swiss International said in a statement.
It said it had set up a task force to investigate the incident, adding that the injured passengers were taken to hospital, while the crew member had suffered a sprained ankle.
The airline had previously said six passengers had been injured, but changed the number.
There were 228 passengers, four infants and 13 crew members on board the plane, which was an Airbus A330.
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport declared an emergency after the incident, but runway operations have since resumed, said a source familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to speak on the matter and declined to be identified.
