Dhaka, March 30 -- A Chennai-bound flight from Jaipur suffered a tyre burst before its scheduled landing on Sunday (March 30) morning. Authorities promptly coordinated an emergency landing, according to airport officials.

All the passengers and the crew are safe and they deplaned safely upon landing, they said.

Before landing, the pilot detected the tyre-burst and alerted authorities, and they acted as per norms for landing under such circumstances. "Upon visual inspection of the aircraft, wheel no 2 was found damaged with trye pieces coming out from the tyre-left interior..." according to officials.

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