NEW DELHI: In a dangerous and freak incident at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Thursday morning, the engine of an Air India flight allegedly sucked in a cargo container while it was taxiing, damaging it. During taxiing to apron at Taxiway junction (N/N4), Engine No. “While transporting, one of the wheels of the container dolly came off and the container toppled onto the taxiway. The equipment operator noticed the Air India aircraft taxiing in and hurriedly vacated the spot with the remaining dollies and containers. However, the container which fell was left behind and it got ingested into the engine,” a source said.

Source: Indian Express January 15, 2026 22:39 UTC