Air India plane tyre's burst while landing, passengers escape unhurt

An Air India plane, with 100 passengers onboard, today had a narrow escape after it had a tyre burst during landing at the Amausi airport in Lucknow.

The incident occurred when the tyre of AI flight 411, flying from New Delhi, burst as the aircraft touched down at the runway around noon, airport director Atul Dixit said.

All the 100 passengers and six crew members of the Delhi-Lucknow flight were safe, he added.