India, July 22 -- An Air India plane's tail caught fire shortly after landing at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) from Hong Kong on Tuesday. Though the aircraft sustained some damage, passengers and crew members disembarked from the plane safely.

The Hong Kong to Delhi Flight AI 315 on Tuesday, July 22, suffered an auxiliary power unit (APU) fire shortly after it landed and parked at the gate, according to the airline.

In a statement, an Air India spokesperson said, "Flight AI 315, operating from Hong Kong to Delhi on 22 July 2025, experienced an auxiliary power unit (APU) fire shortly after it had landed and parked at the gate. The incident occurred while passengers had begun disembarking, and the APU was automatically shut down as ...