Flight from Dubai with 184 onboard suffers technical snag on landing in Chennai, all safe

A city-bound flight from Dubai suffered a technical snag after landing at the airport here but all 184 passengers and crew onboard got down safely, officials said on Wednesday.

Chennai: A city-bound flight from Dubai suffered a technical snag after landing at the airport on Wednesday, however all 184 passengers and crew onboard got down safely.

A senior airport official told reporters that the pilots of the private carrier noticed 'minor black smoke' from an engine after the flight landed after which the technical crew was alerted.

Security and airport officials were put on standby and all 177 passengers exited the aircraft safely, they said.

A technical crew later attended to the snag and the carrier resumed its return flight to Dubai, they added.