14 injured as smoke starts coming out of Air India Express flight in Muscat

Muscat: About 14 persons were injured after smoke started billowing out of an Air India Express flight at Muscat International Airport on Wednesday.

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Officials said that the passengers were evacuated from the Air India Express flight plane on slides after smoke started coming out of the passenger plane.

Officials said that the travellers were told to evacuate the aircraft on emergency slides when it was supposed to leave for Kochi on Wednesday morning.

More details are awaited.