Nagpur-Mumbai Air India plane suffers tyre burst, some passengers injured

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Mumbai: An Air India plane with 161 people suffered a tyre burst while landing at Mumbai airport on Tuesday, as per a media report.

AI630 arrived from Nagpur when one of the tyres burst during taxiing. 

However, all the passengers on board the Airbus-A320 were said to be safe, though some received minor injures, Mid Day reported. 

The report also said that the passengers took the emergency exit to de-board. 

The incident reportedly happened at around 10 PM.

One of the passengers was quoted as saying, "Initially we all panicked but the effect was a minor one. However, some of us were hurt while trying to slide down the aircraft."