Sitapur, June 16 -- A passenger in the Saudia Airlines flight, which had reported smoke and sparks on the wheels of the plane at the Lucknow airport, recalled the swift action by authorities, claiming that from the point of detecting the smoke to containing the incident was completed in just 20 minutes.

"There were around 284 passengers onboard. At the time of landing, the pilot pulled the emergency brakes. Immediately, Fire Brigade vehicles at the airport came to extinguish the smoke in the aircraft's wheel. This took about 20 minutes, and soon after we disembarked," the passenger told ANI.

After smoke was detected from a Saudia Airlines plane that landed at Lucknow airport, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) rushed to the spot a...