WATCH: Indigo flight fuel leak forces 173 passengers to deboard Delhi airport

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NEW DELHI: A Thiruvananthapuram-bound Indigo flight on Wednesday suffered a fuel leak at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.

As many as 173 passengers onboard were made to disembark after the leak came into notice.

The incident took place right before the flight was about to take off.

#WATCH:IndiGo Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram flight suffered a fuel leak at Delhi Airport, yesterday; 173 passengers onboard were made to disembark after detection of the leak just before take-off, fire services were called in pic.twitter.com/1lYoNMy2bp — ANI (@ANI) December 27, 2017

Fire services were immediately called in to tackle the situation.

Ingido has been facing flaks since one of the aircraft staffer manhandling a passenger on the tarmac at Delhi airport.