An Air India flight narrowly escaped disaster after the plane carrying 170 passengers caught fire after landing at New Delhi airport on Wednesday.

The Air India Flight A315, which arrived from Hong Kong, caught fire shortly after landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The blaze broke out in the aircraft’s Auxiliary Power Unit (APU).

The fire erupted when passengers were being offloaded from the plane.

According to Air India officials, the fire was swiftly extinguished, and all the 170 passengers, including crew members, were safely evacuated.

There was slight damage to the aircraft. An investigation has been initiated and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has also been informed.

This was the third incident involving Air India planes in three days related to safety mishaps.

The first incident occurred on July 21 when a Kochi-Mumbai flight skidded off the runway during landing in a rainy weather. The incident caused three tyres to burst, and engine damage was also suspected.

In the second incident, a plane aborted takeoff while taxiing at the New Delhi airport due to technical issues.

Also, in last month’s tragic incident in which Air India’s flight AI 171 crashed in Ahmedabad, almost 260 lives were lost and an investigation has been underway since then.