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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered a probe after an Air Arabia flight made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport and declared Mayday, reports ANI. 

After the crew of the Air Arabia flight declared a Mayday and made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad Airport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the matter.

How pilots handle an in-flight engine shutdown Charlie Page © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. For most passengers, the idea of losing an engine mid-flight — as happened today on United flight 328 just minutes into its flight from Denver (DEN) to Honolulu (HNL) when the Number 2 engine, located on the starboard side of the aircraft, ap...

Indication light came on and the engines on this plane are equipped with fire suppression equipment. but it didnt extingish the fire. did the equipment fail or a fuel line rupture cause the fire to spread? british airways flight 2276 burst into flames shortly before takeoff at the las vegas airport with 172 people on board. >> we were just getting speed to take off and heard a big thud. i opened up the cover of my window and saw flames on the engine. >> reporter: the pilots of the london bound b...

Pilot to believe the best thing to do would be go straight ahead. that may have been something. he not have been able to turn the airplane. >> perhaps he thought he still had engine functionality with respect to the second engine if the first went down. >> and i heard that speculation earlier with possible fuel problem where you have an engine fail and shortly thereafter another engine fails. >> we do know this particular airline is a division of a larger airline. they put out a statement that s...

Kyung lah is there at the crash site, and has details. are investigators still at the scene there? >> they are still on the scene. we understand that this press conference is going to be happening momentarily, and i am watching them gather around the microphones right now, anderson. what they are looking at is with what caused this what happened. we are hear ing from the witnesses. there is a witness that we spoke to a short time ago and he said that he actually heard the engine stop. he heard t...

Are talking about harrison ford with engine fail what appears to be engine failure at least. you have one of these planes behind you. is it the structure of the plane itself that makes it so difficult to fly? or prone to these types of issues? >> the pt-22 is a 1930s designed aircraft. you have to remember that that was only 25 30 years after the first airplanes flew. but the 22 is also a trainer for the military and was designed to act like a higher performance aircraft. meaning when it gets sl...

Neither his only plane or emergency and made a forced landing in helicopter. he had a copilot for that. kyung lah is at the crash site very close to the aircraft itself. she joins us now with late details. o are investigators still on the scene there? >> reporter: they are still on the scene. we understand that this press conference is going to be happening momentarily. im actually watching them gather around the microphones right now, anderson. what they are looking at is what caused this. what...

Or so but the ntsb said the engine failed, the pilot lost power. that is something that we are hearing also from people who actual lily heard the engine fail from the ground. they could hear it. this is what one witness told us. >> planes dont crash all the time. i think that one happened about five years ago. that crash almost right outside the house on the golf course as well. but you hear them quite often. the engines go out a little bit but typically they, you know, they come back on and eve...

Engine failed, the pilot lost power. that is something we heard from people who heard the engine fail. from the ground. they could hear it. heres what one witness told us. >> planes dont crash all the time. i think the last one was about 5 years ago. that crash almost right outside the house on the golf course as well. but you hear them quite often. the engines go out a little bit but typically they, you know, they come back on and everything is okay. but youre thinking, oh, maybe today is anoth...