The flight from Kuwait landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad at 1:29 am local time on Thursday and the crew noticed the fire within minutes, the Hindu reports.
The pilot immediately turned off the engine and brought the aircraft to a stop on the runway. Firefighters arrived at the scene to extinguish the blaze as passengers watched from inside the plane.
Jazeera Airways said in a statement that “the aircraft experienced a brief tailpipe flare in the right engine.”
“The flare was quickly extinguished,” it said. “All 145 passengers disembarked the aircraft normally at the gate.” No injuries were reported.
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