Spicejet denies aircraft fire or tyre burst, calls it landing gear problem

New Delhi: The right landing gear of a SpiceJet aircraft carrying 75 passengers onboard from New Delhi got overheated, causing some smoke while it landed at the Amritsar airport on Thursday evening.[caption id=“attachment_2799790” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Image courtesy Flickr[/caption] However, all passengers were deplaned safely, SpiceJet said. There was, however, no fire or tyre burst, the airline clarified. SpiceJet flight SG 2515 from Delhi to Amritsar carrying 75 passengers landed at Amritsar on 06:15 PM. Engineer on ground saw smoke coming out from the right landing gear after flight landed at Amritsar airport, SpiceJet said in a statement. Taking precautionary measure, the engineer used fire extinguisher on over heated landing gear, it said adding there was no tyre burst or any fire. The SpiceJet statement: NO INCIDENT OF FIRE OR TYRE BURST HAS TAKEN PLACE in SpiceJet flight 2515 from Delhi to Amritsar carrying 75 passenger which landed at Amritsar on 06:15 PM. Engineer on ground saw smoke coming out from the right landing gear. Taking a precautionary measure he used fire extinguisher on over heated landing gear. All passengers on board are safe. PTI