India, March 24 -- Himachal Pradesh deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri and state police chief Atul Verma were among the 44 passengers aboard the Delhi-Shimla Alliance Air flight that reported a technical glitch with the brakes during landing at Jubbarhatti airport on Monday morning.

Airport officiating director KP Singh said all passengers are safe. "The aircraft took off from Delhi after routine inspection, and no issues were reported during the flight. Engineers are now inspecting the aircraft to determine the cause of the fault while landing."

The pilot of flight number 9I821 from Delhi to Shimla reported the glitch during landing. Airport officials have grounded the ATR-42 aircraft for inspection to check the issue. Sources said...